His last major commission was the design of the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Down at the end of the wharf, I rested on a pile of fishing nets and looked back at the town and the Pilgrim Monument, under a sky full of stars and possibility.

The National Monument to the Forefathers, formerly known as the Pilgrim Monument, commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims.

The Pilgrim Monument of the present day is in Provincetown, Massachusetts and was built between 1907 and 1910.

Overlooking Provincetown houses and foreshore from atop Pilgrim Monument.

There's an even better view from the top of the 253-ft (77-m) Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown.

In 1898, Sears was commissioned to design the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Head to the Pilgrim Monument, which has towered over the town since 1910 (www.pilgrim-monument.org).

The Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum, High Pole Hill, (508) 487-1310 and www.pilgrim-monument.org, offers a panoramic view - Boston, 42 miles across the harbor, is visible on a clear day.

Pilgrim Monument, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.