Boston, Massachusetts
Rainbow Swash
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.
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Boston, Massachusetts
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.
Boston, Massachusetts
This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Boston, Massachusetts
This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.
Boston, Massachusetts
America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.
Boston, Massachusetts
This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
Boston, Massachusetts
This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Alexandria, Virginia
This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.
Alexandria, Virginia
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
Arlington, Virginia
This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.
Arlington, Virginia
The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.
Washington, D.C.
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
District of Columbia
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.