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

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

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

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

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

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

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

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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