Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

The most confusing clock in New York.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.