A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

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

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.