These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

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

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

Once considered a marvel of engineering, this 107-mile canal played an integral role in building New York City.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

This bronze statue was dedicated to a 1966 Beatles hit.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.