This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

This nature mural exists to protect the surrounding environment and its own canvas from destruction.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

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

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.