An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

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

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

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

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

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

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

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

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

The site of the tragic isolation of Nipmuc Native Americans left to perish in King Philip's War.

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

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.