"I did this all while you were watching TV."

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

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

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

"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."

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

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

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