Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

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

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

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.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

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

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

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

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

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.