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

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.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

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.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

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

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

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

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

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

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

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.