The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.

Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.

Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

One car at a time please.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

This monument gives insight into how lost children were found in Edo-period Tokyo.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.