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

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

The oldest playground in America.

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

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

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.