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

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

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

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

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

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

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

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

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

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

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

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

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