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

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

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

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

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

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

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

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

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

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

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

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

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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