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

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

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

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A 150-year-old steam locomotive crosses the southern half of the island daily.

An unusual monument to a 19th-century circus star.

World's largest working waterwheel has been around for over 150 years.

Mysterious chains and iron stakes adorn this strange grave, with no explanation.

This hidden bridge is where local children leave gifts and messages for the island's fay folk.

The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.

From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.