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The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

A monument marks where a convent was burned by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834.

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

This small, unassuming, nursery plays hosts to some unique plant life.

This smiling statue memorializes local cartoonist Bob Montana and his legendary creation.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

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

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

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

This statue honors a pillar of the early New Haven Black community.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

A bridge commemorating the actor's legacy and his Terryville roots.

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

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.