The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

"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."

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

This botanical garden has been nicknamed "Alabama's Little Corner of Greece."

An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

A building so large that it has its own weather.