A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

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

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

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

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

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

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

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

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

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

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

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.