This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Sail on this replica of the first American privateer vessel to make a capture during the War of 1812.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.