A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

Model trains whizz around an extensive room-sized diorama of Kyoto City.

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

This monument celebrates this shopping district's past history as a feudal silver mint.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

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

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

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

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.