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

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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

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

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.