Tracing a path of more than four miles around a frozen lake, this is the longest skate trail in the United States.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

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

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

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

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

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

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

This statue has a painful history, but activists have since recontextualized it as a way to educate visitors about the dangers posed by fascist regimes.

This giant statue of a vulva became internationally famous after an American exchange student got stuck in it.