This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

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

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

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

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

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