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Boston, Massachusetts

Copp's Hill Burying Ground

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.
Boston, Massachusetts

Gruchy's Angels

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.
Boston, Massachusetts

All Saints Way

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."
Added by amrpr2010
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Graves of Henry and William James

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.
JWOcker Added by JWOcker
Somerville, Massachusetts

Prospect Hill Tower

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.
chris brat Added by chris brat
Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville Round House

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.
alejandradean Added by alejandradean
Somerville, Massachusetts

Sapphire City House

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects
Added by erichaines
Somerville, Massachusetts

Museum of Modern Renaissance

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.
Added by jooltman
Somerville, Massachusetts

Emerson’s Pickle Factory Plaque

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.
Added by anfurst
Somerville, Massachusetts

Old Powder House

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.
kpres12 Added by kpres12
Newton, Massachusetts

John Eliot Memorial

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.
Vlado Added by Vlado
Waltham, Massachusetts

Metropolitan State Hospital (MSH)

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.
chris brat Added by chris brat
Sharon, Massachusetts

Deborah Sampson's Gravestone

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.
Added by dsouth
Marblehead, Massachusetts

Susanna Jayne Headstone

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.
JWOcker Added by JWOcker
Marblehead, Massachusetts

Herreshoff Castle

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.
Maria Valeria Diaz Added by Maria Valeria Diaz
Plymouth, Massachusetts

National Monument to the Forefathers

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.
Jeff Newman Added by Jeff Newman
Concord, Massachusetts

The Old Manse

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.
Added by Rachel Gould
Concord, Massachusetts

Grave of Anne Rainsford French

The first woman in the United States to get a driver's license is buried here.
TheDiscoveryService Added by TheDiscoveryService
Concord, Massachusetts

The Wright Tavern

The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.
Gavin Added by Gavin
Framingham, Massachusetts

Learned Pond

The notorious pirate William Kidd might have buried his treasure around this local pond.
TheDiscoveryService Added by TheDiscoveryService
Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Precious Blood Cemetery

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.
BrandyBacon Added by BrandyBacon
Boston, Massachusetts

The Liberty Hotel

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.
TheDiscoveryService Added by TheDiscoveryService
Boston, Massachusetts

Massachusetts General Hospital Sundial

Designed to honor all those that work as nurses around the globe.
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Quincy, Massachusetts

USS Salem

The world's only surviving heavy cruiser has a haunting history.
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