Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

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."

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

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

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

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

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

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

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

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

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

The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.

The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

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

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

From open waters to open dance floors—this decommissioned ferry has been transformed into a lively nightclub.