These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

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

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

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.