A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

The site of the tragic isolation of Nipmuc Native Americans left to perish in King Philip's War.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

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

The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

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

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

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

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

This mosaic commemorates the oldest subway tunnel and station in the United States.

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

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

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

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.