The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Here be dragons.

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

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

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

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.