Places fpierri Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

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

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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

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

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

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

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.