One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.