The origin of these small islands' sweet names is a local mystery.

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

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

A 17th-century Japanese bell brought back by U.S. sailors after WWII and later gifted as a symbol of peace.

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

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

A gift to the children of Boston, this bronze bear represents playfulness, a spirit of love, and the warmth of big hugs.

Former home of an abolitionist couple who escaped slavery and established the most active Underground Railroad stop in Boston.

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

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

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

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

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

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

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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