This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

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

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

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

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

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

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

Designed to honor all those that work as nurses around the globe.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

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

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

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

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

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 oldest playground in America.

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

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

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

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

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