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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

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

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head as he died can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.