Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.

This mill played a key role in the region’s development and it is just one of ten along the east coast of the United States.

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.

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

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

This American Sycamore was grown from seeds that accompanied the Apollo 14 mission in 1971.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.

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

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.

America's first public lending library began with a gift from Benjamin Franklin.

The grave of William Rosenberg, founder of Dunkin Donuts (now Dunkin') with shops coast to coast in the US and 42 countries worldwide.

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

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."