The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

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

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Lunar landscape, a mud volcano and bizarre rock formations.