For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

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

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

Commemorating the 1948 creation of the Jimmy Fund, a Boston-based cancer charity.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

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

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.