From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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

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

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

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

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."