The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

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

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.