One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

"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 former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

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

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

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

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

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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

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

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

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

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

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