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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

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

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

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

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

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

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

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