The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

This restaurant gives a new meaning to farm-to-table cuisine.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

The "Sultan of Swat" once attended a school at the site of this baseball field.

The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.