Places jwrivera Wants to Go

The former headquarters for Whitey Bulger and the notorious Winter Hill Gang.

These structures serve as a memorial to one of Boston’s most ambitious and controversial urban redevelopment projects.

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

A monument marks where a convent was burned by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834.

Palestinian-style savory breads and fine patisserie are served with a generous side of hospitality.

The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

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

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

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

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

This is the house that spite built.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."