The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

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

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

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

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

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.