This homestead was occupied by Union soldiers, who believed the owners were signaling Confederate forces.

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

Please don’t anchor your boat onto the Department of Defense’s underwater data cables.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

Right next to departures—how convenient!

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.