Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

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

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

A century-old factory reborn as an artist-run live-work building.

Earliest version of the American flag can be seen atop the hill where it first flew.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

Each solstice, students and astronomy enthusiasts gather at a primitive but functioning sun wheel to witness how humanity first used this calendar.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

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

A tiny town in an empty lot was the work of a local eight-year-old.

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.

This bird statue was created to mark the site of a radio transmitter.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

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