The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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