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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

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

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

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

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

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

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

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

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

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.