This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

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

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

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

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

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

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

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

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

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

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

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

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

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

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

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

It's said that this stone with its mysterious runic inscription is evidence of the Norse visiting Narragansett.

Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.