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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

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

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

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

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

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

An exact replica of a colossal Olmec head sits atop a pyramid within a Madrid traffic circle.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.