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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

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

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

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

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

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

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

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

"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."

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.