Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Just in case you need some cold cash at the top of the world.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

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

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

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

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.