Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

A beautiful Georgian church alongside the Thames has a crypt in the basement, in which are buried the bodies of the infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold, his wife Peggy, and their daughter Sophia.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

Everyone's favorite neighbor is remembered fondly in this small-town church.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Provincetown's night owls flock to this 52-year-old pizza joint.

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.