The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

A preserved trolley track that was transformed into a museum of transportation.

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.

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

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.