In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

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.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

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

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.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

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

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

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

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.