An artificial tree in the University of Connecticut greenhouses holds a collection of orchids, mosses, and other tropical epiphytic plants.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.

An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

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

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.