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This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects

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

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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

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

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

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

This local landmark is home to art galleries and the area's only community darkroom.

The world's largest Our Lady of Guadalupe statue overlooks this Ohio sanctuary.