Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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

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

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

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

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

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

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

This is the house that spite built.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

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

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.