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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

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

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

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

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

An unsolved murder victim's grave which may or may not contain her body.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”