The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

Every December the Wannalancit Mills lights a Christmas Tree over the old mill's smokestack.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.