The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

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

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

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

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

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

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

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

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

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

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