This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

A Medieval Water Tower in the Heart of Massachusetts.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

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

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.