This is the house that spite built.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

"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."

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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

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

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

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

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.