In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

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

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

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

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

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

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

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

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

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

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

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

"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 delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

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