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

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

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

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.

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

Home of the infamous Rug Man of Doha.

This seemingly random 30-foot statue of an oryx in Qatar's capital was a mascot for the 2006 Asian Games.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.