This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

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

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

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.