Queens, New York
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.
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Queens, New York
The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.
Brooklyn, New York
This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.
New York, New York
Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.
Shrewsbury, Vermont
A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.
Corinth, Vermont
The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
Pearl River, Louisiana
Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."
New York, New York
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.
Brooklyn, New York
Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Hoboken, New Jersey
A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.
Boston, Massachusetts
The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.
Boston, Massachusetts
This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.
Boston, Massachusetts
A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.
Boston, Massachusetts
Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.
Boston, Massachusetts
This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.
Boston, Massachusetts
Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.
Boston, Massachusetts
Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.