The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Commemorating the "Little Giant" who ran for the presidency.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

Narrowest house in Boston.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.