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

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

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

The oldest playground in America.

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

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

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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

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

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

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

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

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

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.