A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

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

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

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

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

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

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

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

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

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

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

"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."

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

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

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

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

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

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

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

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