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

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

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.

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

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

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 world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

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

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

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

The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

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