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

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

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

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.

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

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

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

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

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

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

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

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

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.