The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

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

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

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

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

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

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

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.