Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

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

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

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

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

This statue honoring the most decorated dog of World War I stands in a Connecticut park.

This large boulder was used as a lookout point by Revolutionary War militiamen.

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.