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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

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

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.