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

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

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

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

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

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.