A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.