This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

A real-life hidden Easter Egg in New Hampshire's capital city

This cabin survived a landslide that killed its owners.

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

A gift to the children of Boston, this bronze bear represents playfulness, a spirit of love, and the warmth of big hugs.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Dozens of bronze glove sculptures symbolizing loss and life decorate a busy Cambridge subway station

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

This open-air spiritual sanctuary offers stunning views of Mt. Monadnock and provides a natural and peaceful environment for worship and meditation.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

The head of a legendary creature allegedly killed during colonial times is now on display at a local restaurant.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

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

This store also houses a museum dedicated to the history of these small, historic community shops.