The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

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

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

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.