Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

A local prank turned town icon.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.