A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

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

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

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

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.

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

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

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

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

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

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

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

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

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

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

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

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.