In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

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

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.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

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

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

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

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

A 17th-century Japanese bell brought back by U.S. sailors after WWII and later gifted as a symbol of peace.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.