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

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

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

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

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

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

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

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

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

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

This creative sculpture was a way to "recycle" an old tree.