This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

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

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

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

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

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

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

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The only museum and archive west of the Mississippi that is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.