A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.

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

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

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

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