This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

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

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.