One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

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

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

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

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

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

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

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

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

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

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

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