Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

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

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

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

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

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

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

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

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.