The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

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

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

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

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

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Venice's island of the dead.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.