On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

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

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

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

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

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

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

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

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

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

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

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

"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."

Narrowest house in Boston.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

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

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.