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Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

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

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

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

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

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

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

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.