This building is more than 250 years old and was built in one of the first towns settled in Massachusetts.

A monument marks where a convent was burned by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

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

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

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.'

This nature mural exists to protect the surrounding environment and its own canvas from destruction.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.

Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.