Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

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

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

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

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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

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