A stone marker commemorating the first time sound was transmitted over wires.

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Palestinian-style savory breads and fine patisserie are served with a generous side of hospitality.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

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.

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.

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

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

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

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

This is the house that spite built.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.