Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

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

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.