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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.