Boston, Massachusetts
Old North Church
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
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Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Frederick, Maryland
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
Frederick, Maryland
According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This plaque marks a place where one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers got his start.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Astoria, Oregon
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.