A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

This miniature museum is home to a vast array of insects.

The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.

The home of an antique carousel still in operation.

America's first public lending library began with a gift from Benjamin Franklin.

These beautiful garden buildings are among the oldest surviving greenhouses in the United States.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.

This general store near Boston was once owned by Henry Ford, who had it relocated to a different town using a team of oxen.

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.

This building is more than 250 years old and was built in one of the first towns settled in Massachusetts.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

A historic bridge no one is allowed to cross.

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

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