A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

A stone memorial erected for New Hampshire's only convicted witch.

The mansion and cenotaph of the New Hampshire Faust.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

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.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.