Places walkerweyland Wants to Go

This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.

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

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Dedicated to the neverending mathematical constant, this plaque next to a park bench was sponsored by an anonymous benefactor.

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

An engraved granite slab claims to mark the location where Leif Erikson built his house in the year 1000.

Tucked away on Somerville Avenue is a curated mycological gallery.