These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

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

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

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