The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

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

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

"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."

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

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

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

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.