Places sunflower01 Wants to Go

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Beside the pew where C.S. Lewis often sat while attending church, a window filled with characters from his beloved stories.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

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

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

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

An anonymous art project beneath Longfellow Bridge where hundreds of trophies line the steel support beams.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

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

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