This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

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

This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

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

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

The official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

A man in a plane delivers Christmas packages to lighthouses.

A quirky museum paying tribute to the history of the optical industry.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.

This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.

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

One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.

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

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.