It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

Dozens of houses in the Adirondack Mountains are reminders of a literal "cottage industry" to cure people of a deadly disease.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.