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

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

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

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

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

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

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.

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

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

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

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

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.