An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

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

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.