This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

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

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

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.

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

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.