Located at Pilgrim Memorial State Park in Plymouth, MA are the alleged remnants of Plymouth Rock- the site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.

"Alleged" because the specific rock itself was selected based on the memory of a 94-year-old man who was born 27 years after the Pilgrims landed. "Remnants" because that said rock was chipped away by tourist scavengers, and broken in half (the other half is in Plymouth's meeting house, Pilgrim Hall).

The rock was inscribed with the date "1620", and is now mercifully resting under a Victorian-style canopy and behind an iron fence.

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A small wooden house built in the North End in 1680, the Paul Revere House is the oldest building in Boston.

The home was purchased by Revere in 1770 when he was 35 years old. It was where he was living with his family (he had 16 children in all) when he made his famous ride to Lexington on April 18, 1775. This was later immortalized by Longfellow’s famous poem "Paul Revere’s Ride".

Today, the home is part of the Freedom Trail.

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Installed at this location in 1856, this 8-foot bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin was placed here in front of the former location of the Boston Latin School- a school that Declaration of Independence signers Franklin, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Robert Treat Paine all attended.

Founded on April 13, 1635, the Boston Latin School was the first public school in the United States. The original school building was torn down in 1745, but has survived at several different locations since then. It continues today in the Fenway neighborhood, and now accepts boys and girls.

Interestingly, Franklin was the most famous high school dropout from the Boston Latin School.

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Faneuil Hall has a bronze stature of Samuel Adams on its Congress Street side. The statue portrays the Revolutionary patriot, just after demanding that Governor Hutchinson immediately remove the British troops from Boston after the Boston Massacre.

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Built by wealthy merchat Peter Faneuil in 1742 as a center of commerce, Faneuil Hall has since been dubbed the Cradle of Liberty for its role in a number of political and historical events.

While the first floor still contains numerous shops, the second floor meeting room is where American patriots first coined the phrase "no taxation without representation" in response to the Sugar and Stamp Tax Acts.

It's also where Samuel Adams railed against British occupation during the American Revolution, and where the funeral was held for victims of the Boston Massacre (also planned by Samuel Adams).

Today, Faneuil Hall is part of the Boston Freedom Trail.

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