This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

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

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

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

A stone marker commemorating the first time sound was transmitted over wires.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

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

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

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

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

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

Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

Two stone markers honor the Nipmuc people who first settled here millennia ago.

The notorious pirate William Kidd might have buried his treasure around this local pond.