A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."