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.

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

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

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

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Narrowest house in Boston.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."