How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

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

"Try not to knock anything over!"

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

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

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

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

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

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

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Narrowest house in Boston.