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

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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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

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

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

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.