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The junction point of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, resurveyed and remonumented in 2016

An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

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

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

This faux Greek Revival mansion is a clever optical illusion tucked into a Beacon Hill alley.

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

A massive museum preserving the United States culture and the home of Abraham Lincoln's sleigh.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

The temporary burial site of the man who shot and killed Jesse James.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.