An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

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

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

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

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.