What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

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

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

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

Narrowest house in Boston.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

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

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

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

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

This is the house that spite built.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

The mansion and cenotaph of the New Hampshire Faust.

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