This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

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

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

This small, unassuming, nursery plays hosts to some unique plant life.

This smiling statue memorializes local cartoonist Bob Montana and his legendary creation.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.