A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

In 1898, a New England storm that claimed more than 400 lives created this brand new stretch of shoreline.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Narrowest house in Boston.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This densely-packed cluster of buildings was saved from the wrecking ball and turned into an art community.