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

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

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

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

This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.

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

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

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

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

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

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

This is the spot where the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War may have started.

This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

Experience the pivotal Civil War battle at this interactive museum.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.