Places Ivana Viani Wants to Go

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

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

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

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

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.

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

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

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.

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

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

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

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

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.