Boston, Massachusetts
Grave of Christopher Seider
This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.
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Boston, Massachusetts
This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.
Boston, Massachusetts
An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.
Boston, Massachusetts
A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.
Boston, Massachusetts
This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.
Boston, Massachusetts
This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.
Boston, Massachusetts
Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.
Boston, Massachusetts
A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.
Boston, Massachusetts
This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."
Boston, Massachusetts
A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.
Boston, Massachusetts
What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."
Boston, Massachusetts
This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Boston, Massachusetts
The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.
Boston, Massachusetts
Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.
Boston, Massachusetts
Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.
Boston, Massachusetts
Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.
Boston, Massachusetts
This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.
New York, New York
Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
New York, New York
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
Narusawa-mura, Japan
A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest."
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan
A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.