Washington, D.C.
Starship Enterprise NCC-1701
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
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Washington, D.C.
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
Winthrop, Massachusetts
Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.
Los Angeles, California
Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Order savory Levantine baked goods with innovative twists at this takeout-only spot.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
An anonymous art project beneath Longfellow Bridge where hundreds of trophies line the steel support beams.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.
Boston, Massachusetts
The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.
Boston, Massachusetts
A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.