This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

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

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

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

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

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

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

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.