Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.