The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

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

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Restaurant in a 1741 farmhouse that touts the story of its haunting on its menus.

New Hampshire's first neighborhood is now preserved as a historic village with live action role players.

This mural celebrates the early integration of a New Hampshire baseball team.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.