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.

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

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

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

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.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

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

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

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

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.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.