A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

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