A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

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.

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

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

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

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