A monument marks where a convent was burned by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834.

This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.

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

The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

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

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

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.

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

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

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

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

A man in a plane delivers Christmas packages to lighthouses.

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

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.