The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The oldest playground in America.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Commemorating the 1948 creation of the Jimmy Fund, a Boston-based cancer charity.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

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

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

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

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

The owner of one of the oldest homes in Amherst had a unique request before the home could be turned into a museum.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

The Yiddish language stages a renaissance in a shtetl-inspired cultural center on the San Diego coast.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.