A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

The deepest metro station in the world.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

"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."

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.