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

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

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.