This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

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

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

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

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

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

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

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.