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

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."