Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

"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."

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

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

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.