Places Big C Wants to Go

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

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

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

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

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

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

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

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

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

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

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

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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...

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