This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

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

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

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

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

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

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

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

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

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

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

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.