The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

Enjoy egg rolls and live music in a converted bank vault.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.