One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

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

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

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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