Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

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

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

"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."

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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