A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

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

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.