This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

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

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

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

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

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

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

"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."

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

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

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

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

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.