A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.