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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Because there's no place like home.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.