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

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

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

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.