The official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

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

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

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

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

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

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

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

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

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

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

"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."

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