An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.

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

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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.

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

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.