Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

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

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

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

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The former home of a Boston physician whose murder led to a revolution in forensic science.

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.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

One of the smallest churches in the United States is located along the side of the road in a residential neighborhood.

The head of a legendary creature allegedly killed during colonial times is now on display at a local restaurant.

This historic Victorian mansion is allegedly so haunted that a signed waiver is required to enter.

Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.

The oldest continuously inhabited private home in the United States.

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

The site of the tragic isolation of Nipmuc Native Americans left to perish in King Philip's War.

The world's most comprehensive collection of Willard timepieces is a celebration of early American clockmaking.

Once an integral part of Native American life, very few of these communal New England stones have survived to the present day.