What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

A dedication plaque on this Boston tunnel is a microcosm of a massive, controversy-laden construction project.

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

"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."

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

This general store near Boston was once owned by Henry Ford, who had it relocated to a different town using a team of oxen.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

This post-war motel embodies a little-known, Miami-born architectural style.

The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.