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

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

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

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.