Leominster, Massachusetts
Birthplace of Johnny Appleseed
The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.
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Leominster, Massachusetts
The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.
Leominster, Massachusetts
This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.
Groton, Massachusetts
On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.
Franconia, New Hampshire
A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.
Newbury, Massachusetts
This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.
Newburyport, Massachusetts
A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.
Washington, D.C.
A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.
Rye, England
Henry VIII's forgotten castle was built by the gunpowder-obsessed king to be defended solely by cannons.
Bodiam, England
A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.
Hastings, England
This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
An art museum inside an active factory.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.
Esperance, Australia
A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.
Flagstaff, Arizona
An important piece of history from mankind's journey to the moon sits in the lobby of a government science lab.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.