Rivals Week

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.

Narrowest house in Boston.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

This is the house that spite built.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.