This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

A memorial sculpture to heath hens stands on the spot where the last heath hen, Booming Ben, was last seen.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.