This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

A memorial to Chinese freedom in the city where American freedom was born.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.

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

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

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

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

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

A small cave hidden deep within the Jenny Jump State Forest.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.