Boston, Massachusetts
Site of the Great Brinks Robbery
This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.
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Boston, Massachusetts
This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Boston, Massachusetts
The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Holland, Michigan
Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.
Harbor Springs, Michigan
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.
Glen Arbor Township, Michigan
This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Alexandria, Virginia
The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Vienna, Austria
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Argolis, Greece
This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
The Hague, Netherlands
A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.
Bermuda
Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.
Bermuda
Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.
Tarpon Springs, Florida
This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.
George Town, Cayman Islands
The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.