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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

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

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

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

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

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

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

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

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

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.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.