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Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

Final resting places of a husband and wife who became famous for their claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.