This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

This replica of a historic fishing shack long dubbed the most painted building in America.

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

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

The last remaining Shaker community still practices a uniquely communal and utopian version of Christianity.

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

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

In this Florida couple's cottage, nearly every surface—inside and out—is covered in mosaic artwork.

An urban laboratory.

This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.

The site of the daring river crossing that changed the course of the American Revolution.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum showcases fabric and mixed media work by artists of great international renown as well as local and outsider artists.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A tribute to Charles M. Schulz, who created the iconic cartoon that features Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and more.