The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Expertly restored pinball machines as far as the eye can see.

The site of the tragic isolation of Nipmuc Native Americans left to perish in King Philip's War.

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

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The oldest playground in America.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.