This painting of a beloved dog will be on display at the Scottish National Gallery at long as the museum exists.

A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.

A tribute to smugglers and the Butter Wars.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

Tracing a path of more than four miles around a frozen lake, this is the longest skate trail in the United States.

A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.