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

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

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

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

"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."

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

An enormous public square and parade ground built to celebrate Ghana's independence.