The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

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

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

"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."

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

A stone marker dedicated to the “Father of American Education.”

The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.

This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

This colorful overpass is one of Bhutan's longest suspension bridges.

The nation’s first institution dedicated to the conservation of Bhutanese textiles.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.