This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

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

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

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

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

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.

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

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

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

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

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

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

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.