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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

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

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

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

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Lighthouse-cum-columbarium where "Nor'easters" and grandma go to die.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.