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

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

A 17th-century Japanese bell brought back by U.S. sailors after WWII and later gifted as a symbol of peace.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This rail trail culminates in a three-mile land bridge only accessible to cyclists and pedestrians.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

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