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

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.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

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

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

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

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

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

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

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

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

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

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.