Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Though a proud Texan, the 41st President of the United States started life in the suburbs of Boston.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

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

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

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

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

Take a step inside the picturesque studio of America’s most renowned sculptor.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.