Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

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

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

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

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

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!