The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

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

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.