One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.