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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

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

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

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

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

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

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

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

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

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

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

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

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

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

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

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.