Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Dedicated to nine marines from Massachusetts who perished during the Beirut bombings.

Commemorating the 1948 creation of the Jimmy Fund, a Boston-based cancer charity.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

A memorial to Chinese freedom in the city where American freedom was born.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

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

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

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

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

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

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

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

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.