The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

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

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

The headquarters of the prestigious World Food Prize celebrates the heroes in the fight against hunger, has no cafeteria.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.