Monuments in Massachusetts

Dedicated in 1895, this is the world's first tribute to the hardworking newspaper delivery boy.

Dedicated to a college founder's alleged ancestor who was martyred in 1555.

This site commemorates the birthplace of the game of basketball, invented by James Naismith in the winter of 1891.

Dedicated to one of the world's first Black international, athletic superstars.

Dedicated to nine marines from Massachusetts who perished during the Beirut bombings.

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

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

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

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

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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