Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.