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.

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

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

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

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

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

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

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

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

Former home of an abolitionist couple who escaped slavery and established the most active Underground Railroad stop in Boston.

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.