This historic sculpture from the 16th century is even older than the city of Boston.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

Museum houses an impressive display of the origin and artistry from the now-quaint invention's history.

In 1787, a group of delegates met at this very spot to drink, be merry, and ratify the Constitution of the United States.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.

Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.