This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

The oldest playground in America.

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

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

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

La Cara del Indio honors the Taíno chief who fought bravely against the Spanish invasion of Puerto Rico.

The short hike is worth the stunning views and crystal blue waters of a secluded beach.

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

A park where people have been going to feed friendly pigeons since the 18th century