An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Suspended from this brewery’s tasting room ceiling is a full-sized fin whale skeleton.

An inclusive, climate-resilient playground honors the life of a young Boston Marathon bombing victim.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

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

A pair of antique trolleys are on display at one of the oldest subway stations in the United States.

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

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

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

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

This faux Greek Revival mansion is a clever optical illusion tucked into a Beacon Hill alley.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

This historic World War II ship is one of only 4 Fletcher-class destroyers remaining worldwide.

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

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

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

Earliest version of the American flag can be seen atop the hill where it first flew.

A century-old factory reborn as an artist-run live-work building.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

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

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.