This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.