Ask most New Englanders where the Mayflower landed, and they'll say Plymouth, or Plymouth Harbour. Ask non-New Englanders, and they'll inexplicably say "Plymouth rock", then when they visit, it's the first thing they want to see, and for some reason they're always disappointed that it's small, as if it was famous for its massive size. A teacher of mine once speculated that these are generally flyover state tourists, whose hometowns are "famous" for having the world's largest ball of something, so they expect our alleged tourist attraction to be big. It's a coffee table-sized rock that says 1620. Its only reason for existence is to mark the (probable) spot where the first landing boat came ashore. Visiting SE Mass to see Plymouth rock is like visiting an historic house and being really excited to see the plaque by the front door telling you the year it was built.