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

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

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

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

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

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

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

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

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

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

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

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

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