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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

A land of debatable treasure.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.