The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

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