The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A giant sculpture head with an optical illusion dedicated to the longtime conductor of the Boston Pops.

Earliest version of the American flag can be seen atop the hill where it first flew.

This replica of a historic fishing shack long dubbed the most painted building in America.

A perfectly crafted Pre-Columbian artifact dating back to 600 CE.

This historic vessel on display in Massachusetts made a dozen scientific expeditions into the Arctic.

An inclusive, climate-resilient playground honors the life of a young Boston Marathon bombing victim.

Cape Cod’s historic beacon made famous on a potato chip bag.

This historic house was the birthplace and childhood home of the 35th president of the United States.

The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.

This historic hotel was once home to Henry David Thoreau and rumored to be haunted by ghosts of fallen soldiers from the American Revolution.

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

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

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

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

The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

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

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.