A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

A student designed this 3D-printed scale replica of the entire university campus.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A big museum full of little worlds.

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

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.