A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

A stone memorial erected for New Hampshire's only convicted witch.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.