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

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

The world's only surviving heavy cruiser has a haunting history.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

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.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

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

The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

Eclectic musical collection ranging from hurdy gurdies and orphicas to the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.

The New Central Library is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture in the midst of downtown Calgary.

With a floor made of thick glass, this observation deck offers a full view of Sunwapta Valley's mountains and rivers.