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

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

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

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

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

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

Narrowest house in Boston.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

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

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

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