The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

This location holds the truth to what truly happened that faithful night.

This stone in Lexington honors a formerly enslaved man who fought during the American Revolution.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

The oldest playground in America.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

A small plaque promises cold, hard cash in exchange for work by the famous pop artist.

This is the house that spite built.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.