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

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

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

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

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

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

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

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

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

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

"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.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.

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

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

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.