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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

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

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

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

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."