These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

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

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

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

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

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