While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

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

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

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

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

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

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

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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

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