Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

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

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

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

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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.