A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

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

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

The remains of a hospital ravaged by fire, once a progressive place of innovations for disabled children.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

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

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

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

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

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

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

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