The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

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

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

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

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

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

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

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

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.