A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.

A monument marks where a convent was burned by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

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

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

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

Suspended from this brewery’s tasting room ceiling is a full-sized fin whale skeleton.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.