Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

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

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

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

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

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

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

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

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

This is the house that spite built.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

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

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

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.