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

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

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

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

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

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

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

A dedication plaque on this Boston tunnel is a microcosm of a massive, controversy-laden construction project.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.