One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

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

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

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

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

A memorial to Chinese freedom in the city where American freedom was born.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.