A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

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

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

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

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.

Despite a history of destruction, this former citadel survives to document Afghanistan's oft overlooked history.

This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.