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

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

This building is more than 250 years old and was built in one of the first towns settled in Massachusetts.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

"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."

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

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.