One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

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

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

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

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The world's largest rotating world.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.