Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

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

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

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

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.