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

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

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

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

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

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

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.