A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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

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

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.