This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

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

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

This is the house that spite built.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

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

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.