A gift to the children of Boston, this bronze bear represents playfulness, a spirit of love, and the warmth of big hugs.

An artifact taken from one of America's shortest wars.

A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.

Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

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

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

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

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

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

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

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

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.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

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