The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

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

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

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

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

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

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

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

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

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

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

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

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

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.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.