The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.