Dedicated to nine marines from Massachusetts who perished during the Beirut bombings.

Designed to honor all those that work as nurses around the globe.

Commemorating the 1948 creation of the Jimmy Fund, a Boston-based cancer charity.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

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

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

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

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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

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

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

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

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

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

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

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

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

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

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