A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

The oldest remaining frame residence in Minneapolis.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

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

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.