The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

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

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

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

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

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

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.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".