The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.

The world's best collection to gauge whether or not you should wear a scarf outside.

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

A memorial sculpture to heath hens stands on the spot where the last heath hen, Booming Ben, was last seen.

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

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

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

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

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.