The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

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

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This roadside wonder is as mysterious as it is beloved.

Springtime is go time for this repurposed shack and the fish it venerates.

Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

This monument commemorates an aeronaut who allegedly flew a plane before the Wright brothers.

The last vessel built by a submarine pioneer stands as a monument to his legacy.

This statue honors a pillar of the early New Haven Black community.

A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.