Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

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

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

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

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

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

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.