The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

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

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

This recipe is set in stone.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

This young woman's tombstone names her murderer, who is buried in the same cemetery.

In the back of a bustling factory lurks a quiet museum honoring the history of Canadian sugar manufacturing.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.

This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

This tiny, tucked-away eatery reflects the history of Mexico's Lebanese immigrants.

This collection of promotional calendars preserves a staple of mid-century Mexican pop art.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

Diego Rivera hid various people and symbols in his first large-scale mural project.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.