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

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

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

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

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.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

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

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.