The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

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

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects

This pavement line and accompanying statue commemorates the starting point for the world's oldest annual marathon.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

A gift to the children of Boston, this bronze bear represents playfulness, a spirit of love, and the warmth of big hugs.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

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