Boston, Massachusetts
Steinert Hall
The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.
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Boston, Massachusetts
The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.
Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.
Boston, Massachusetts
Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
Boston, Massachusetts
America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.
Melbourne Beach, Florida
This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Taupō, New Zealand
Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.
Auckland, New Zealand
One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s.
Auckland, New Zealand
The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.
Rotorua, New Zealand
Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.
Auckland, New Zealand
A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
Newport, Rhode Island
An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.
Little Compton, Rhode Island
A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.
Linville, North Carolina
You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.
San Francisco, California
This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.
San Francisco, California
The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.
San Francisco, California
The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
San Francisco, California
These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.
San Francisco, California
A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.
Charleston, South Carolina
Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.
Charleston, South Carolina
A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.
Charleston, South Carolina
Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.