Places sarahltait Wants to Go

The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

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

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

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

A memorial to Chinese freedom in the city where American freedom was born.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

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.

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

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

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

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

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

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

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

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

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.