The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

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

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.