Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.