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

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

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

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

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

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

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

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

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

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.