Places fpierri Wants to Go

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

A stone marker commemorating the first time sound was transmitted over wires.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

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

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

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

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

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

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

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

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.