The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.

This 15-foot-tall sculpture stands vigil at the back entrance to the largest public park in western Massachusetts.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

New York's oldest magic store.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

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

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.

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

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

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

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Dedicated to nine marines from Massachusetts who perished during the Beirut bombings.

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

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

This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.

A statue honoring a preeminent 19th-century dandy and important figure of men’s fashion.