This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

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

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

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."