This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

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

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

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

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

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

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.