One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This imperial marble stele was given to Harvard by Chinese alumni in the 1930s.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

This plaque commemorates the birthplace of the longest-ruling Thai monarch and the third longest of any sovereign state

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

The oldest philatelic museum in the United States.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.