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

A gift to the children of Boston, this bronze bear represents playfulness, a spirit of love, and the warmth of big hugs.

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

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

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

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

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

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

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

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

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

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

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

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

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