Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

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

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.