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

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

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

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.