Solitary stone structures and a tale of tragedy are all that remains of a historic settlement built by French Protestant refugees.

This historic home and museum celebrates the life story of the female founder of the American Red Cross.

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

Order the extra snappy, steamed hot dogs at this fourth-generation-run New England diner.

A cultural center dedicated to the preservation of the Yiddish language and culture with over a million volumes.

Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.

This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.

A sign marks the location of an 18th-century sawmill allegedly owned by a wizard who employed Satanic imps.

This pavement line and accompanying statue commemorates the starting point for the world's oldest annual marathon.

This memorial is dedicated to a once popular but now defunct discount Shrewsbury department store.

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

A stone marker dedicated to a Black veteran of the American Revolution who refused to leave his land near Walden Pond.

This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The first woman in the United States to get a driver's license is buried here.

The world's largest collection of historic U.S. military naval vessels.

This penny stopped a bullet and saved a soldier’s life during the American Civil War.

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

The Inuit kayak from Robert Peary's 1896 expedition to Greenland is now on display at a local library.

A gift to the children of Boston, this bronze bear represents playfulness, a spirit of love, and the warmth of big hugs.

Dedicated to the neverending mathematical constant, this plaque next to a park bench was sponsored by an anonymous benefactor.

A stone marker commemorating the first time sound was transmitted over wires.

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.