London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

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

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

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

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

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

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

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

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

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.

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.

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

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

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

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

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

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

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

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

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