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

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

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

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

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

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

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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

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

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

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.