In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

These beautiful garden buildings are among the oldest surviving greenhouses in the United States.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

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

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

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

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

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

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

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.