On a side street near the interstate is the building where the famous anarchist once owned an ice cream parlor.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

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

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

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

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

This is the house that spite built.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

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

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

"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."

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.