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

Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

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

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

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

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

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

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

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

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

The owner of one of the oldest homes in Amherst had a unique request before the home could be turned into a museum.

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

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

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

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

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

Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.

A freighter full of exotic animals ends a harrowing voyage impaled on uncharted rocks in the Boston Harbor.

A memorial sculpture to heath hens stands on the spot where the last heath hen, Booming Ben, was last seen.

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