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

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

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

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.