Uncovering Boston's best sightseeing, landmarks, and historic sites you never knew existed | My Secret Boston

Cool things to see, if you really look

Site of the U-156 shelling

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Sea Shelled

An historic landmark bound to surprise you

Atwood House of the Chatham Historical Society

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Water Logged

A short record of a long seafaring history

Chatham Railroad Museum, Cape Cod

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Tracked Down

An unlikely railroad museum in a seafaring town

Nimrod Restaurant, Falmouth

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Balls to the Wall

The 200-year-old cannonball hole in a men's room

Provincetown Art Association Museum

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Free Style

How to see great art for free

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War Prize

A war memorial that has a secret history

Fort Hill, Eastham

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Cape Escape

A hidden-away oasis of history and nature

Old Colonial Courthouse, Barnstable

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Revolutionary Road

A forgotten early march to revolution

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Field of Dreams

How to (legally) get on the Fenway field—and into the press box and the dugout and …

Natural History Museum

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Fossil Fueled

An old-fashioned dinosaur museum you can see for free

The Sports Museum

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Sports Center

One place to relive this city's great sports moments

Larz Anderson Auto Museum

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Nice Rides

Cool cars, in a scenic setting

Hooper-Lee-Nichols House, Cambridge

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Bleak House

Where the oldest profession rocked the oldest house

Kendall Square

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The Secret Garden

A peaceful respite in a place you never imagined

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Past Time

Epic historical relics that you never knew were here