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

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

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

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

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

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

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.