Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Venice's island of the dead.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Vermont is the final resting place of soldiers, politicians, and a famous author.

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.