An undeciphered text is inscribed on a mysterious stone slab.

This sharp turn was once the most dangerous part of the Singapore Grand Prix circuit.

The elaborate façade of this old Cantonese opera house celebrates the building's history and the love story that founded it.

These bronze statues depict the early days of trading in Singapore.

Legend holds that a tortoise turned itself into this island to save two shipwrecked sailors.

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

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

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

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

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

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

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.

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

A stone marker commemorating the first time sound was transmitted over wires.

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

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

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

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.