Brookline, Massachusetts
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
The home of the founder of American landscape architecture puts his principles into practice.
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Brookline, Massachusetts
The home of the founder of American landscape architecture puts his principles into practice.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Palestinian-style savory breads and fine patisserie are served with a generous side of hospitality.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Order savory Levantine baked goods with innovative twists at this takeout-only spot.
Boston, Massachusetts
Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Boston, Massachusetts
A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
Saint Andrews, Scotland
This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An underground venue, buried for 200 years, now open as a unique whisky tasting venue.
Burghead, Scotland
Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.
Rosemarkie, Scotland
This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.
Dumfries, Scotland
The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.
Eastriggs, Scotland
The Devil’s Porridge tells the story of HM Factory Gretna and the munitions girls who mixed deadly chemicals.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Chicago, Illinois
Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.
Chicago, Illinois
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
Chicago, Illinois
This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.