Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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

"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."

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

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

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

Narrowest house in Boston.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Because there's no place like home.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.