Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

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

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.