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

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

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

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

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

An obelisk marks the farmhouse where the founder of Mormonism was born.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

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

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

Welcome sign announcing Haverhill, MA, as the birthplace of horror rocker/artist/director Rob Zombie.

A stone memorial erected for New Hampshire's only convicted witch.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

This simple sailing boat is one of the oldest preserved fishing vessels of its kind in the world.

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.

More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

The city’s oldest gateway to the galaxy lies at the entrance to the Royal Botanical Gardens.