This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

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

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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

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.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

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

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

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

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

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.