The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Narrowest house in Boston.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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

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.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.