The only remaining place where you can play this century-old game for cash.

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

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

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

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

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

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

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

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

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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