A school used as a model for public education across the country.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Narrowest house in Boston.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

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

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

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

The only museum and archive west of the Mississippi that is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.