Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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.

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

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.