Exploring the Legacy: People and Places of Significance

Explore the history of 742 sites in 141 towns across Massachusetts.

Visit sites around the state that contain the histories of individuals such as: Onesimus, whose knowledge led to the development of inoculations to fight small pox in 1721; Belinda Royall who filed the first successful reparations lawsuit in 1783; and Jan Matzeliger's invention of a shoe lasting machine in 1883 which led to the mass production of shoes.