The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

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

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

Bizarre Cavern.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.