The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

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

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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.