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

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

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

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

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

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

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.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

The oldest playground in America.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

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

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

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

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.