Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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.

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

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

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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This is the house that spite built.

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

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.