A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

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

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.