A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

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

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

"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."

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.