The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

"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."

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.