Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

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

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

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