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In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

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

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

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

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

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

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

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.