Pompeii, Italy
Plaster Citizens of Pompeii
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Fountain of Youth
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Weeki Wachee: ‘City of Live Mermaids’
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Providence, Rhode Island
Fleur-De-Lys Studio
An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Burnside Fountain - Turtle Boy
The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
The Pennsic War at Coopers Lake
An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Sky Bar
Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Xaman-Há Ruins
Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.
Boston, Massachusetts
Union Oyster House
This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.
New York, New York
Israel Miller's 'Show Folks Shoe Shop' Building
Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Brattle Theatre
One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Irish Famine Memorial
Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Street Name Tiles of New Orleans
This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
Heraklion, Greece
Knossos
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Easton, Massachusetts
Borderland State Park Mansion
The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.
New York, New York
Septuagesimo Uno
The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."
New York, New York
New York's Adam and Eve Sculptures
Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cosmic Moose and Grizzly Bear’s Ville
One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.
Salem, Massachusetts
The Witch House of Salem
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Scituate, Massachusetts
Ellis Estate
Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Kendall Band
A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.
