The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

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

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

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

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

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

Final resting place of the two women killed on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."