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Massachusetts · 14 Counties · 351 Towns

Explore Massachusetts's
historic places

A gamified map of the Commonwealth's Revolutionary landmarks, old burying grounds, sea-captains' houses, courthouses, museums and lighthouses — with the real stories behind them. Visit them, collect them, learn them.

Now on the iPhone App Store Also live on the web

Free & ad-free · sign in with your Apple ID. Guided Tours & Trails are in the iPhone app only.

82,691 historic places 14 counties 351 cities & towns
MassRoam — the live map of Massachusetts's historic places on iPhone

What you'll discover

The whole Commonwealth's history, on one map

Sourced from the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MACRIS) and public archives, checked, and written up in plain language.

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77,209
Historic sites & landmarks
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4,651
Markers & monuments
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509
Old burying grounds
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200
Colleges
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76
Museums
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46
Courthouses

Roughly 72,000 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places — the second-largest total of any state.

One state, many worlds

From Boston Common to the Gay Head cliffs

Massachusetts packs Revolutionary cities, witch-trial villages, whaling islands, mill towns and Gilded-Age hills into one small state. Roam any of them.

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Boston & the Freedom Trail

The golden State House dome, Beacon Hill's gas lamps, Faneuil Hall and the red-brick line where the Revolution was lit.

Suffolk County
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Salem & the North Shore

The 1692 witch-trial memorials and Witch House, Gloucester's fishing wharves, and the granite headlands of Cape Ann.

Essex County
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Cape Cod

Dune-backed lighthouses, weathered saltbox villages, cranberry bogs, and Provincetown's harbor at the fist of the Cape.

Barnstable County
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Martha's Vineyard

The gingerbread cottages of Oak Bluffs, the fishing docks of Menemsha, and the striped clay cliffs of Aquinnah.

Dukes County
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Nantucket

The grey-shingled whaling capital of the world — cobblestone Main Street, captains' mansions, and Sankaty Head Light.

Nantucket County
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The Berkshires

Gilded-Age summer "cottages," Tanglewood, Stockbridge, and the literary hills of Herman Melville and Edith Wharton.

Berkshire County
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Plymouth & the South Shore

Where the Mayflower landed — Plymouth Rock, Pilgrim Hall, and the salt marshes and shipyards of the coast south of Boston.

Plymouth County
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Pioneer Valley

College-town spires along the Connecticut River, Emily Dickinson's Amherst, and Springfield's armory and inventions.

Hampshire & Hampden

Follow a thread

Curated trails through the past

Themed collections that connect the dots across the Commonwealth.

★ In the app · iPhone & iPad Guided Tours & Trails are in the iOS app only — not on the web map.
Tours, Trails and Markers in the MassRoam iOS app
The Revolution — MassRoam featured routeFeatured route

The Revolution

Boston to Lexington and Concord — the Freedom Trail, the Old North Church, Bunker Hill, and the Minute Man road where the war began in April 1775.

 Salem, 1692 — MassRoam featured routeFeatured route

Salem, 1692

The witch-trial sites, the memorial, the Witch House and the old burying points of Essex County — the year fear swept the Commonwealth.

 The Whaling Coast — MassRoam featured routeFeatured route

The Whaling Coast

New Bedford and Nantucket wharves, sea-captains' mansions, and the lighthouses that ring Cape Cod and the Islands.
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Free self-guided walk

The Freedom Trail

Follow the red-brick line 2.5 miles through downtown Boston — narrated stops that trigger on your phone as you arrive, from Boston Common and the Old State House to Paul Revere's House, the Old North Church, and the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown.

16 landmark stops · ~2.5 miles · ~2 hours · the walk that started a nation

Browse the catalog

Start with Massachusetts's most storied places

Every site has its own page: the story, a map, and directions. Here are some good places to start.

Old North ChurchBoston · Suffolk County Massachusetts State HouseBoston · Suffolk County Old State HouseBoston · Suffolk County Faneuil HallBoston · Suffolk County Bunker Hill MonumentBoston · Suffolk County African Meeting HouseBoston · Suffolk County Granary Burying GroundBoston · Suffolk County King's ChapelBoston · Suffolk County Trinity ChurchBoston · Suffolk County Fort WarrenBoston · Suffolk County The House of the Seven GablesSalem · Essex County Derby Wharf LighthouseSalem · Essex County Gloucester Fisherman's MemorialGloucester · Essex County Fort SewallMarblehead · Essex County Lexington Minute Man StatueLexington · Middlesex County Old North BridgeConcord · Middlesex County Sleepy Hollow CemeteryConcord · Middlesex County Longfellow House (Vassall–Craigie)Cambridge · Middlesex County Pilgrim HallPlymouth · Plymouth County Myles Standish Burying GroundDuxbury · Plymouth County Plymouth Light StationPlymouth · Plymouth County New Bedford Whaling MuseumNew Bedford · Bristol County Ames Free LibraryEaston · Bristol County Highland LighthouseTruro · Barnstable County Pilgrim Monument MuseumProvincetown · Barnstable County Marconi Station MarkerWellfleet · Barnstable County Gay Head LightAquinnah · Dukes County Edgartown Harbor LighthouseEdgartown · Dukes County Sankaty Head LighthouseNantucket · Nantucket County Brant Point LighthouseNantucket · Nantucket County Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)Pittsfield · Berkshire County Mission HouseStockbridge · Berkshire County Springfield ArmorySpringfield · Hampden County Milton Bradley Toy FactorySpringfield · Hampden County William Cullen Bryant HomesteadCummington · Hampshire County Burkeville Covered BridgeConway · Franklin County Blue Hill Meteorological ObservatoryMilton · Norfolk County Suffolk Resolves HouseMilton · Norfolk County Mechanics HallWorcester · Worcester County College of the Holy CrossWorcester · Worcester County

Historic sites by county

Barnstable County 6,897 Berkshire County 2,816 Bristol County 5,876 Dukes County 1,453 Essex County 11,875 Franklin County 2,304 Hampden County 3,815 Hampshire County 3,817 Middlesex County 14,312 Nantucket County 2,620 Norfolk County 4,633 Plymouth County 3,208 Suffolk County 9,488 Worcester County 9,641

Explore by theme

Revolutionary War Sites 1,409 Salem Witch Trial Sites 416 Pilgrims & Plymouth 808 Whaling & Maritime Coast 4,976 Massachusetts Lighthouses 142 Literary Landmarks 1,464 Mill & Industrial Heritage 4,454 Colonial Burial Grounds 1,547 Haunted Massachusetts 601 College & University Campuses 1,279 Abolition & Black Heritage 178 Gilded Age Berkshires 340 Covered Bridges 6 All themes →

Walking tours & trails

Self-guided tours by town → Hiking trails by county →
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Private by design

Sign in with Apple — and only you see your map

You open the map by signing in with your Apple ID, right inside the web app. The historic-site data is never public: it's served only to signed-in visitors through an authenticated connection, so there's nothing to scrape and no account to create. Your visits, points and progress sync privately to your Apple account across iPhone, iPad and the web.

Start roaming Massachusetts

Free & ad-free on the iPhone App Store — the best way to roam. Your visits, points and progress sync to your Apple account across the app and the web.

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Note: Guided Tours & Trails are in the iPhone app only — not on the web map.