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

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

On a side street near the interstate is the building where the famous anarchist once owned an ice cream parlor.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.