diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst
index 18a3785867714..0d6e94cb1e3d0 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ Reshaping
 - Bug in :func:`DataFrame.sort_index` where an error is thrown when a multi-indexed ``DataFrame`` is sorted on all levels with the initial level sorted last (:issue:`26053`)
 - Bug in :meth:`Series.nlargest` treats ``True`` as smaller than ``False`` (:issue:`26154`)
 - Bug in :func:`DataFrame.pivot_table` with a :class:`IntervalIndex` as pivot index would raise ``TypeError`` (:issue:`25814`)
+- Bug in :meth:`DataFrame.transpose` where transposing a DataFrame with a timezone-aware datetime column would incorrectly raise ``ValueError`` (:issue:`26825`)
 
 Sparse
 ^^^^^^
@@ -802,6 +803,7 @@ Other
 - Removed unused C functions from vendored UltraJSON implementation (:issue:`26198`)
 - Allow :class:`Index` and :class:`RangeIndex` to be passed to numpy ``min`` and ``max`` functions (:issue:`26125`)
 - Use actual class name in repr of empty objects of a ``Series`` subclass (:issue:`27001`).
+- Bug in :class:`DataFrame` where passing an object array of timezone-aware `datetime` objects would incorrectly raise ``ValueError`` (:issue:`13287`)
 
 .. _whatsnew_0.250.contributors:
 
diff --git a/pandas/core/groupby/generic.py b/pandas/core/groupby/generic.py
index 1b4e001620286..a10920b7a5afb 100644
--- a/pandas/core/groupby/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/groupby/generic.py
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 from pandas.errors import AbstractMethodError
 from pandas.util._decorators import Appender, Substitution
 
-from pandas.core.dtypes.cast import maybe_downcast_to_dtype
+from pandas.core.dtypes.cast import (
+    maybe_convert_objects, maybe_downcast_to_dtype)
 from pandas.core.dtypes.common import (
     ensure_int64, ensure_platform_int, is_bool, is_datetimelike,
-    is_integer_dtype, is_interval_dtype, is_numeric_dtype, is_scalar)
+    is_integer_dtype, is_interval_dtype, is_numeric_dtype, is_object_dtype,
+    is_scalar)
 from pandas.core.dtypes.missing import isna, notna
 
 from pandas._typing import FrameOrSeries
@@ -334,7 +336,6 @@ def _decide_output_index(self, output, labels):
 
     def _wrap_applied_output(self, keys, values, not_indexed_same=False):
         from pandas.core.index import _all_indexes_same
-        from pandas.core.tools.numeric import to_numeric
 
         if len(keys) == 0:
             return DataFrame(index=keys)
@@ -406,7 +407,6 @@ def first_not_none(values):
                     # provide a reduction (Frame -> Series) if groups are
                     # unique
                     if self.squeeze:
-
                         # assign the name to this series
                         if singular_series:
                             values[0].name = keys[0]
@@ -481,14 +481,7 @@ def first_not_none(values):
                 # as we are stacking can easily have object dtypes here
                 so = self._selected_obj
                 if so.ndim == 2 and so.dtypes.apply(is_datetimelike).any():
-                    result = result.apply(
-                        lambda x: to_numeric(x, errors='ignore'))
-                    date_cols = self._selected_obj.select_dtypes(
-                        include=['datetime', 'timedelta']).columns
-                    date_cols = date_cols.intersection(result.columns)
-                    result[date_cols] = (result[date_cols]
-                                         ._convert(datetime=True,
-                                                   coerce=True))
+                    result = _recast_datetimelike_result(result)
                 else:
                     result = result._convert(datetime=True)
 
@@ -1710,3 +1703,35 @@ def _normalize_keyword_aggregation(kwargs):
         order.append((column,
                       com.get_callable_name(aggfunc) or aggfunc))
     return aggspec, columns, order
+
+
+def _recast_datetimelike_result(result: DataFrame) -> DataFrame:
+    """
+    If we have date/time like in the original, then coerce dates
+    as we are stacking can easily have object dtypes here.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    result : DataFrame
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    DataFrame
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    - Assumes Groupby._selected_obj has ndim==2 and at least one
+    datetimelike column
+    """
+    result = result.copy()
+
+    obj_cols = [idx for idx in range(len(result.columns))
+                if is_object_dtype(result.dtypes[idx])]
+
+    # See GH#26285
+    for n in obj_cols:
+        converted = maybe_convert_objects(result.iloc[:, n].values,
+                                          convert_numeric=False)
+
+        result.iloc[:, n] = converted
+    return result
diff --git a/pandas/core/internals/construction.py b/pandas/core/internals/construction.py
index d766d7f06d34a..ecdf8a1f77b94 100644
--- a/pandas/core/internals/construction.py
+++ b/pandas/core/internals/construction.py
@@ -159,9 +159,28 @@ def init_ndarray(values, index, columns, dtype=None, copy=False):
     # on the entire block; this is to convert if we have datetimelike's
     # embedded in an object type
     if dtype is None and is_object_dtype(values):
-        values = maybe_infer_to_datetimelike(values)
 
-    return create_block_manager_from_blocks([values], [columns, index])
+        if values.ndim == 2 and values.shape[0] != 1:
+            # transpose and separate blocks
+
+            dvals_list = [maybe_infer_to_datetimelike(row) for row in values]
+            for n in range(len(dvals_list)):
+                if isinstance(dvals_list[n], np.ndarray):
+                    dvals_list[n] = dvals_list[n].reshape(1, -1)
+
+            from pandas.core.internals.blocks import make_block
+
+            # TODO: What about re-joining object columns?
+            block_values = [make_block(dvals_list[n], placement=[n])
+                            for n in range(len(dvals_list))]
+
+        else:
+            datelike_vals = maybe_infer_to_datetimelike(values)
+            block_values = [datelike_vals]
+    else:
+        block_values = [values]
+
+    return create_block_manager_from_blocks(block_values, [columns, index])
 
 
 def init_dict(data, index, columns, dtype=None):
diff --git a/pandas/tests/arithmetic/test_datetime64.py b/pandas/tests/arithmetic/test_datetime64.py
index 64b4e162483f1..b1091d38c10d0 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/arithmetic/test_datetime64.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/arithmetic/test_datetime64.py
@@ -448,8 +448,7 @@ def test_dti_cmp_null_scalar_inequality(self, tz_naive_fixture, other,
         # GH#19301
         tz = tz_naive_fixture
         dti = pd.date_range('2016-01-01', periods=2, tz=tz)
-        # FIXME: ValueError with transpose
-        dtarr = tm.box_expected(dti, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        dtarr = tm.box_expected(dti, box_with_array)
         msg = 'Invalid comparison between'
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             dtarr < other
@@ -597,49 +596,63 @@ def test_dti_cmp_nat_behaves_like_float_cmp_nan(self):
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('op', [operator.eq, operator.ne,
                                     operator.gt, operator.ge,
                                     operator.lt, operator.le])
-    def test_comparison_tzawareness_compat(self, op, box_with_array):
+    def test_comparison_tzawareness_compat(self, op, box_df_fail):
         # GH#18162
+        box = box_df_fail
+
         dr = pd.date_range('2016-01-01', periods=6)
         dz = dr.tz_localize('US/Pacific')
 
-        # FIXME: ValueError with transpose
-        dr = tm.box_expected(dr, box_with_array, transpose=False)
-        dz = tm.box_expected(dz, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        dr = tm.box_expected(dr, box)
+        dz = tm.box_expected(dz, box)
 
         msg = 'Cannot compare tz-naive and tz-aware'
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             op(dr, dz)
-        if box_with_array is not pd.DataFrame:
-            # DataFrame op is invalid until transpose bug is fixed
-            with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
-                op(dr, list(dz))
-            with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
-                op(dr, np.array(list(dz), dtype=object))
 
+        # FIXME: DataFrame case fails to raise for == and !=, wrong
+        #  message for inequalities
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
+            op(dr, list(dz))
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
+            op(dr, np.array(list(dz), dtype=object))
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             op(dz, dr)
-        if box_with_array is not pd.DataFrame:
-            # DataFrame op is invalid until transpose bug is fixed
-            with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
-                op(dz, list(dr))
-            with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
-                op(dz, np.array(list(dr), dtype=object))
+
+        # FIXME: DataFrame case fails to raise for == and !=, wrong
+        #  message for inequalities
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
+            op(dz, list(dr))
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
+            op(dz, np.array(list(dr), dtype=object))
 
         # Check that there isn't a problem aware-aware and naive-naive do not
         # raise
         assert_all(dr == dr)
         assert_all(dz == dz)
-        if box_with_array is not pd.DataFrame:
-            # DataFrame doesn't align the lists correctly unless we transpose,
-            #  which we cannot do at the moment
-            assert (dr == list(dr)).all()
-            assert (dz == list(dz)).all()
+
+        # FIXME: DataFrame case fails to raise for == and !=, wrong
+        #  message for inequalities
+        assert (dr == list(dr)).all()
+        assert (dz == list(dz)).all()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('op', [operator.eq, operator.ne,
+                                    operator.gt, operator.ge,
+                                    operator.lt, operator.le])
+    def test_comparison_tzawareness_compat_scalars(self, op, box_with_array):
+        # GH#18162
+        dr = pd.date_range('2016-01-01', periods=6)
+        dz = dr.tz_localize('US/Pacific')
+
+        dr = tm.box_expected(dr, box_with_array)
+        dz = tm.box_expected(dz, box_with_array)
 
         # Check comparisons against scalar Timestamps
         ts = pd.Timestamp('2000-03-14 01:59')
         ts_tz = pd.Timestamp('2000-03-14 01:59', tz='Europe/Amsterdam')
 
         assert_all(dr > ts)
+        msg = 'Cannot compare tz-naive and tz-aware'
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             op(dr, ts_tz)
 
@@ -662,8 +675,7 @@ def test_scalar_comparison_tzawareness(self, op, other, tz_aware_fixture,
         tz = tz_aware_fixture
         dti = pd.date_range('2016-01-01', periods=2, tz=tz)
 
-        # FIXME: ValueError with transpose
-        dtarr = tm.box_expected(dti, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        dtarr = tm.box_expected(dti, box_with_array)
         msg = 'Cannot compare tz-naive and tz-aware'
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             op(dtarr, other)
@@ -725,17 +737,16 @@ def test_dt64arr_cmp_scalar_invalid(self, other, tz_naive_fixture,
         xbox = box_with_array if box_with_array is not pd.Index else np.ndarray
 
         rng = date_range('1/1/2000', periods=10, tz=tz)
-        # FIXME: ValueError with transpose
-        rng = tm.box_expected(rng, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        rng = tm.box_expected(rng, box_with_array)
 
         result = rng == other
         expected = np.array([False] * 10)
-        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, xbox, transpose=False)
+        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, xbox)
         tm.assert_equal(result, expected)
 
         result = rng != other
         expected = np.array([True] * 10)
-        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, xbox, transpose=False)
+        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, xbox)
         tm.assert_equal(result, expected)
         msg = 'Invalid comparison between'
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
@@ -826,9 +837,8 @@ def test_dt64arr_add_timedeltalike_scalar(self, tz_naive_fixture,
         expected = pd.date_range('2000-01-01 02:00',
                                  '2000-02-01 02:00', tz=tz)
 
-        # FIXME: calling with transpose=True raises ValueError
-        rng = tm.box_expected(rng, box_with_array, transpose=False)
-        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        rng = tm.box_expected(rng, box_with_array)
+        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array)
 
         result = rng + two_hours
         tm.assert_equal(result, expected)
@@ -841,9 +851,8 @@ def test_dt64arr_iadd_timedeltalike_scalar(self, tz_naive_fixture,
         expected = pd.date_range('2000-01-01 02:00',
                                  '2000-02-01 02:00', tz=tz)
 
-        # FIXME: calling with transpose=True raises ValueError
-        rng = tm.box_expected(rng, box_with_array, transpose=False)
-        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        rng = tm.box_expected(rng, box_with_array)
+        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array)
 
         rng += two_hours
         tm.assert_equal(rng, expected)
@@ -856,9 +865,8 @@ def test_dt64arr_sub_timedeltalike_scalar(self, tz_naive_fixture,
         expected = pd.date_range('1999-12-31 22:00',
                                  '2000-01-31 22:00', tz=tz)
 
-        # FIXME: calling with transpose=True raises ValueError
-        rng = tm.box_expected(rng, box_with_array, transpose=False)
-        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        rng = tm.box_expected(rng, box_with_array)
+        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array)
 
         result = rng - two_hours
         tm.assert_equal(result, expected)
@@ -871,9 +879,8 @@ def test_dt64arr_isub_timedeltalike_scalar(self, tz_naive_fixture,
         expected = pd.date_range('1999-12-31 22:00',
                                  '2000-01-31 22:00', tz=tz)
 
-        # FIXME: calling with transpose=True raises ValueError
-        rng = tm.box_expected(rng, box_with_array, transpose=False)
-        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        rng = tm.box_expected(rng, box_with_array)
+        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array)
 
         rng -= two_hours
         tm.assert_equal(rng, expected)
@@ -928,9 +935,6 @@ def test_dt64arr_add_sub_td64_nat(self, box_with_array, tz_naive_fixture):
 
     def test_dt64arr_add_sub_td64ndarray(self, tz_naive_fixture,
                                          box_with_array):
-        if box_with_array is pd.DataFrame:
-            pytest.xfail("FIXME: ValueError with transpose; "
-                         "alignment error without")
 
         tz = tz_naive_fixture
         dti = pd.date_range('2016-01-01', periods=3, tz=tz)
@@ -952,7 +956,7 @@ def test_dt64arr_add_sub_td64ndarray(self, tz_naive_fixture,
 
         result = dtarr - tdarr
         tm.assert_equal(result, expected)
-        msg = 'cannot subtract'
+        msg = 'cannot subtract|bad operand type for unary -'
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             tdarr - dtarr
 
@@ -997,13 +1001,11 @@ def test_dt64arr_sub_timestamp(self, box_with_array):
                             tz='US/Eastern')
         ts = ser[0]
 
-        # FIXME: transpose raises ValueError
-        ser = tm.box_expected(ser, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        ser = tm.box_expected(ser, box_with_array)
 
         delta_series = pd.Series([np.timedelta64(0, 'D'),
                                   np.timedelta64(1, 'D')])
-        expected = tm.box_expected(delta_series, box_with_array,
-                                   transpose=False)
+        expected = tm.box_expected(delta_series, box_with_array)
 
         tm.assert_equal(ser - ts, expected)
         tm.assert_equal(ts - ser, -expected)
@@ -1011,20 +1013,19 @@ def test_dt64arr_sub_timestamp(self, box_with_array):
     def test_dt64arr_sub_NaT(self, box_with_array):
         # GH#18808
         dti = pd.DatetimeIndex([pd.NaT, pd.Timestamp('19900315')])
-        ser = tm.box_expected(dti, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        ser = tm.box_expected(dti, box_with_array)
 
         result = ser - pd.NaT
         expected = pd.Series([pd.NaT, pd.NaT], dtype='timedelta64[ns]')
-        # FIXME: raises ValueError with transpose
-        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array)
         tm.assert_equal(result, expected)
 
         dti_tz = dti.tz_localize('Asia/Tokyo')
-        ser_tz = tm.box_expected(dti_tz, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        ser_tz = tm.box_expected(dti_tz, box_with_array)
 
         result = ser_tz - pd.NaT
         expected = pd.Series([pd.NaT, pd.NaT], dtype='timedelta64[ns]')
-        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array)
         tm.assert_equal(result, expected)
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1044,16 +1045,13 @@ def test_dt64arr_naive_sub_dt64ndarray(self, box_with_array):
 
     def test_dt64arr_aware_sub_dt64ndarray_raises(self, tz_aware_fixture,
                                                   box_with_array):
-        if box_with_array is pd.DataFrame:
-            pytest.xfail("FIXME: ValueError with transpose; "
-                         "alignment error without")
 
         tz = tz_aware_fixture
         dti = pd.date_range('2016-01-01', periods=3, tz=tz)
         dt64vals = dti.values
 
         dtarr = tm.box_expected(dti, box_with_array)
-        msg = 'DatetimeArray subtraction must have the same timezones or'
+        msg = 'subtraction must have the same timezones or'
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             dtarr - dt64vals
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
@@ -1064,9 +1062,6 @@ def test_dt64arr_aware_sub_dt64ndarray_raises(self, tz_aware_fixture,
 
     def test_dt64arr_add_dt64ndarray_raises(self, tz_naive_fixture,
                                             box_with_array):
-        if box_with_array is pd.DataFrame:
-            pytest.xfail("FIXME: ValueError with transpose; "
-                         "alignment error without")
 
         tz = tz_naive_fixture
         dti = pd.date_range('2016-01-01', periods=3, tz=tz)
@@ -1214,9 +1209,8 @@ def test_dti_add_tick_tzaware(self, tz_aware_fixture, box_with_array):
         expected = DatetimeIndex(['2010-11-01 05:00', '2010-11-01 06:00',
                                   '2010-11-01 07:00'], freq='H', tz=tz)
 
-        # FIXME: these raise ValueError with transpose=True
-        dates = tm.box_expected(dates, box_with_array, transpose=False)
-        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        dates = tm.box_expected(dates, box_with_array)
+        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array)
 
         # TODO: parametrize over the scalar being added?  radd?  sub?
         offset = dates + pd.offsets.Hour(5)
@@ -1369,26 +1363,25 @@ def test_dt64arr_add_sub_DateOffset(self, box_with_array):
 
         s = DatetimeIndex([Timestamp('2000-01-15 00:15:00', tz='US/Central'),
                            Timestamp('2000-02-15', tz='US/Central')], name='a')
-        # FIXME: ValueError with tzaware DataFrame transpose
-        s = tm.box_expected(s, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        s = tm.box_expected(s, box_with_array)
         result = s + pd.offsets.Day()
         result2 = pd.offsets.Day() + s
         exp = DatetimeIndex([Timestamp('2000-01-16 00:15:00', tz='US/Central'),
                              Timestamp('2000-02-16', tz='US/Central')],
                             name='a')
-        exp = tm.box_expected(exp, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        exp = tm.box_expected(exp, box_with_array)
         tm.assert_equal(result, exp)
         tm.assert_equal(result2, exp)
 
         s = DatetimeIndex([Timestamp('2000-01-15 00:15:00', tz='US/Central'),
                            Timestamp('2000-02-15', tz='US/Central')], name='a')
-        s = tm.box_expected(s, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        s = tm.box_expected(s, box_with_array)
         result = s + pd.offsets.MonthEnd()
         result2 = pd.offsets.MonthEnd() + s
         exp = DatetimeIndex([Timestamp('2000-01-31 00:15:00', tz='US/Central'),
                              Timestamp('2000-02-29', tz='US/Central')],
                             name='a')
-        exp = tm.box_expected(exp, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        exp = tm.box_expected(exp, box_with_array)
         tm.assert_equal(result, exp)
         tm.assert_equal(result2, exp)
 
@@ -1425,9 +1418,6 @@ def test_dt64arr_add_mixed_offset_array(self, box_with_array):
     def test_dt64arr_add_sub_offset_ndarray(self, tz_naive_fixture,
                                             box_with_array):
         # GH#18849
-        if box_with_array is pd.DataFrame:
-            pytest.xfail("FIXME: ValueError with transpose; "
-                         "alignment error without")
 
         tz = tz_naive_fixture
         dti = pd.date_range('2017-01-01', periods=2, tz=tz)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/arithmetic/test_timedelta64.py b/pandas/tests/arithmetic/test_timedelta64.py
index 22b5fd452d661..0ae325cfce787 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/arithmetic/test_timedelta64.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/arithmetic/test_timedelta64.py
@@ -869,10 +869,8 @@ def test_td64arr_add_timestamp(self, box_with_array, tz_naive_fixture):
         idx = TimedeltaIndex(['1 day', '2 day'])
         expected = DatetimeIndex(['2011-01-02', '2011-01-03'], tz=tz)
 
-        # FIXME: fails with transpose=True because of tz-aware DataFrame
-        #  transpose bug
-        idx = tm.box_expected(idx, box_with_array, transpose=False)
-        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array, transpose=False)
+        idx = tm.box_expected(idx, box_with_array)
+        expected = tm.box_expected(expected, box_with_array)
 
         result = idx + other
         tm.assert_equal(result, expected)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/test_constructors.py b/pandas/tests/frame/test_constructors.py
index c6508072cb8c7..434ee2f8bf0af 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/test_constructors.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/test_constructors.py
@@ -2400,3 +2400,32 @@ def test_nested_dict_construction(self):
             index=pd.Index([2001, 2002, 2003])
         )
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+    def test_from_tzaware_object_array(self):
+        # GH#26825 2D object array of tzaware timestamps should not raise
+        dti = pd.date_range('2016-04-05 04:30', periods=3, tz='UTC')
+        data = dti._data.astype(object).reshape(1, -1)
+        df = pd.DataFrame(data)
+        assert df.shape == (1, 3)
+        assert (df.dtypes == dti.dtype).all()
+        assert (df == dti).all().all()
+
+    def test_from_tzaware_mixed_object_array(self):
+        # GH#26825
+        arr = np.array([
+            [Timestamp('2013-01-01 00:00:00'),
+             Timestamp('2013-01-02 00:00:00'),
+             Timestamp('2013-01-03 00:00:00')],
+            [Timestamp('2013-01-01 00:00:00-0500', tz='US/Eastern'),
+             pd.NaT,
+             Timestamp('2013-01-03 00:00:00-0500', tz='US/Eastern')],
+            [Timestamp('2013-01-01 00:00:00+0100', tz='CET'),
+             pd.NaT,
+             Timestamp('2013-01-03 00:00:00+0100', tz='CET')]],
+            dtype=object).T
+        res = DataFrame(arr, columns=['A', 'B', 'C'])
+
+        expected_dtypes = ['datetime64[ns]',
+                           'datetime64[ns, US/Eastern]',
+                           'datetime64[ns, CET]']
+        assert (res.dtypes == expected_dtypes).all()
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/test_dtypes.py b/pandas/tests/frame/test_dtypes.py
index 96cf70483d4e7..7ed601e4f7046 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/test_dtypes.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/test_dtypes.py
@@ -978,9 +978,11 @@ def test_astype(self):
                               Timestamp('2013-01-03 00:00:00+0100',
                                         tz='CET')]],
                             dtype=object).T
+        expected = DataFrame(expected,
+                             index=self.tzframe.index,
+                             columns=self.tzframe.columns, dtype=object)
         result = self.tzframe.astype(object)
-        assert_frame_equal(result, DataFrame(
-            expected, index=self.tzframe.index, columns=self.tzframe.columns))
+        assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
         result = self.tzframe.astype('datetime64[ns]')
         expected = DataFrame({'A': date_range('20130101', periods=3),
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/test_operators.py b/pandas/tests/frame/test_operators.py
index f1c8445bf98e0..1e932879e9ad0 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/test_operators.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/test_operators.py
@@ -793,3 +793,44 @@ def test_no_warning(self, all_arithmetic_operators):
         b = df['B']
         with tm.assert_produces_warning(None):
             getattr(df, all_arithmetic_operators)(b, 0)
+
+
+class TestTranspose:
+    def test_transpose_tzaware_1col_single_tz(self):
+        # GH#26825
+        dti = pd.date_range('2016-04-05 04:30', periods=3, tz='UTC')
+
+        df = pd.DataFrame(dti)
+        assert (df.dtypes == dti.dtype).all()
+        res = df.T
+        assert (res.dtypes == dti.dtype).all()
+
+    def test_transpose_tzaware_2col_single_tz(self):
+        # GH#26825
+        dti = pd.date_range('2016-04-05 04:30', periods=3, tz='UTC')
+
+        df3 = pd.DataFrame({'A': dti, 'B': dti})
+        assert (df3.dtypes == dti.dtype).all()
+        res3 = df3.T
+        assert (res3.dtypes == dti.dtype).all()
+
+    def test_transpose_tzaware_2col_mixed_tz(self):
+        # GH#26825
+        dti = pd.date_range('2016-04-05 04:30', periods=3, tz='UTC')
+        dti2 = dti.tz_convert('US/Pacific')
+
+        df4 = pd.DataFrame({'A': dti, 'B': dti2})
+        assert (df4.dtypes == [dti.dtype, dti2.dtype]).all()
+        assert (df4.T.dtypes == object).all()
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df4.T.T, df4)
+
+    def test_transpose_object_to_tzaware_mixed_tz(self):
+        # GH#26825
+        dti = pd.date_range('2016-04-05 04:30', periods=3, tz='UTC')
+        dti2 = dti.tz_convert('US/Pacific')
+
+        # mixed all-tzaware dtypes
+        df2 = pd.DataFrame([dti, dti2])
+        assert (df2.dtypes == object).all()
+        res2 = df2.T
+        assert (res2.dtypes == [dti.dtype, dti2.dtype]).all()
diff --git a/pandas/tests/groupby/test_function.py b/pandas/tests/groupby/test_function.py
index 3d9bfcd126377..14f27f0c4c7d8 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/groupby/test_function.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/groupby/test_function.py
@@ -963,12 +963,14 @@ def test_count():
 
     df['9th'] = df['9th'].astype('category')
 
-    for key in '1st', '2nd', ['1st', '2nd']:
+    for key in ['1st', '2nd', ['1st', '2nd']]:
         left = df.groupby(key).count()
         right = df.groupby(key).apply(DataFrame.count).drop(key, axis=1)
         tm.assert_frame_equal(left, right)
 
-    # GH5610
+
+def test_count_non_nulls():
+    # GH#5610
     # count counts non-nulls
     df = pd.DataFrame([[1, 2, 'foo'],
                        [1, np.nan, 'bar'],
diff --git a/pandas/tests/groupby/test_groupby.py b/pandas/tests/groupby/test_groupby.py
index 3da3ab22b643b..dcd0d3938c6a5 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/groupby/test_groupby.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/groupby/test_groupby.py
@@ -129,12 +129,14 @@ def func(dataf):
     result = df.groupby('X', squeeze=False).count()
     assert isinstance(result, DataFrame)
 
+
+def test_inconsistent_return_type():
     # GH5592
     # inconsistent return type
     df = DataFrame(dict(A=['Tiger', 'Tiger', 'Tiger', 'Lamb', 'Lamb',
-                           'Pony', 'Pony'], B=Series(
-                               np.arange(7), dtype='int64'), C=date_range(
-                                   '20130101', periods=7)))
+                           'Pony', 'Pony'],
+                        B=Series(np.arange(7), dtype='int64'),
+                        C=date_range('20130101', periods=7)))
 
     def f(grp):
         return grp.iloc[0]