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

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

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

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

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

Sip sweet, luxuriously creamy Hong Kong-style milk tea at this cafe.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.