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

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

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

Former home of an abolitionist couple who escaped slavery and established the most active Underground Railroad stop in Boston.

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

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

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

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

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.