Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

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

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

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

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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

A historic hotel library in Indiana hides more than a few secrets on its shelves.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.