The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The world's largest rotating world.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Dedicated to a college founder's alleged ancestor who was martyred in 1555.

A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.