Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

Welcome sign announcing Haverhill, MA, as the birthplace of horror rocker/artist/director Rob Zombie.

An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

The courtyard of this small Marinid madrasa is a dazzling example of intricate Islamic architecture.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

The other side is actually green.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.