American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

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

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

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

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

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

"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."

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Lighthouse-cum-columbarium where "Nor'easters" and grandma go to die.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.