This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

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

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

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

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

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

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

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

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

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

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

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

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

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

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