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

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

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

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

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

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

Yo, Adrian!

One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

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

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

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

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

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

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.