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

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

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

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

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

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

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

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

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

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.