This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

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

This is the house that spite built.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

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

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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

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

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

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

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.