This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

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

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

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

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

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

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

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.

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

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

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

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

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

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

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