"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."

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.