A gift to the children of Boston, this bronze bear represents playfulness, a spirit of love, and the warmth of big hugs.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

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

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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

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

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

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.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

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

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

One of the smallest parks in San Francisco honors the legacy of the "Mother of Civil Rights in California."

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.