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

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

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

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

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

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

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

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

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

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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