Places afink Wants to Go

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

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

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

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.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.