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

This plaque is dedicated to a historic hotel’s Canine Ambassador and the subject of two children’s books.

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

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

The bench featured in the film with Robin Williams and Matt Damon has become a popular destination for moviegoers.

This historic sculpture from the 16th century is even older than the city of Boston.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

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

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

A giant sculpture head with an optical illusion dedicated to the longtime conductor of the Boston Pops.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

This mosaic commemorates the oldest subway tunnel and station in the United States.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

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

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.