A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

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

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

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

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

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

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

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

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

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

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

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

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.