Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

"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."

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

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Vermont is the final resting place of soldiers, politicians, and a famous author.

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

Inside Crosswicks Creek Park resides an estate chronicling 200 years of history.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

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

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.