One of the largest hand-cut stone masonry buildings in the United States.

Oldest steam-powered tugboat in operation in the United States.

Site of Battle of Camden, British victory in 1780.

Burial place of early city residents and many members of Congress who died in office.

Beautiful small "back parish" church built in 1763, unaltered.

Theodore William Richards (1868-1928) was considered the foremost experimental chemist of his time. He won the Nobel prize for his role in determine the atomic weights of many elements. This house was built in 1900 with design input from...

An image of the USS KIDD (Destroyer).

The final residence of poet Walt Whitman.

An image of the Paca House and Garden.

This well-preserved 18th century colonial village was the site of numerous Indian raids, including a famous and well-documented attack in 1704.

An image of the Mount Vernon Place Historic District.

Named for Federalist Party leader Alexander Hamilton, this 1805 building was designed by Samuel McIntire to serve Salem's Federalist Party activities. It has been described as "one of the most outstanding Federal-era public buildings" in...

Jeremiah Lee was the wealthiest merchant in Massachusetts in the 1760s, when he had this Georgian mansion built. The mansion is in a remarkable state of preservation, and is operated by the local historical society as a house museum.

Colonial church used as a military hospital during the American Revolutionary War.

Campsite used during the westward passage of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 as the party prepared to cross the Bitterroot Mountains, and again during return passage in 1806.

This company town was founded in 1853, and ran the longest running timber mill in the US, which just closed in 1995. Seattle architect Charles Bebb designed many of the town's buildings.

The oldest arsenal in the U.S.

Home of Parker Cleaveland who conducted some of the earliest studies of mineralogy in the US. Known as the "Father of American Mineralogy", Cleaveland lived in this house from 1806 to 1858.

An image of the Colonel Charles Young House.

Market below, town hall above.

This Federalist house, designed by Ithiel Town and built in 1810, most notably served as the longtime home of botanist and Harvard professor Asa Gray (1810-88). Gray was one of the most important botanists of the 19th century, publishing...

This building was used as a jail from 1719 to 1879, and was built using architectural elements of an even older jail. It saw other uses afterward, and is now a local museum.

Variety of cultural and natural resources including five volcanic cones, hundreds of archeological sites and an estimated 25,000 images carved by native peoples and early Spanish settlers.

This Greek Revival courthouse was built in 1827 and expanded over the 19th century. It was site of the controversial Sacco-Vanzetti trial in 1921, and has changed little since then.