Brookline, Massachusetts
Cypress Street Playground
The oldest playground in America.
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Brookline, Massachusetts
The oldest playground in America.
Watertown, Massachusetts
Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.
Newton, Massachusetts
This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.
Concord, New Hampshire
The dress young Pierce wore prior to his breeching ceremony in the early 1800s is now on display for all to see.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Qullaw pruwinsya, Peru
The 19th-century vessel floats proudly on Lake Titicaca, but its journey from Britain to the Peruvian altiplano was far from smooth sailing.
Puno, Peru
On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.
Puno, Peru
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Cusco, Peru
Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.
Cusco, Peru
Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.
Cusco, Peru
A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.
Cusco, Peru
An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?
Quepos, Costa Rica
The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.
Crater Lake, Oregon
A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Dayton, Ohio
A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.