This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.