Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

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

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

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

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

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

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.