Walk through the history of American pop culture.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

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

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

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

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

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

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

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

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

"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."

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

Taxonomy experiment known for quirky collections.

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.

Welcome sign announcing Haverhill, MA, as the birthplace of horror rocker/artist/director Rob Zombie.

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.