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

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

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

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

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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

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

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