The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

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.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.