These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

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

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

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

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

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