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Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Bricks

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Tea Kettle

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.
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Site of Boston's First Bell

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.
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Jamaica Pond Bench

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.
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Madonna, Queen of the Universe

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.
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All Saints Way

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."
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Make Way for Ducklings Statue

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

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.
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Old Franklin Park Zoo Bear Pens

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.
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Great Boston Molasses Flood Plaque

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
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Brook Farm

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."
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The Ether Dome

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
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Franklin Park's Overlook Shelter Ruins

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.
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Empire Garden Restaurant

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.
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Ruins of Schoolmaster Hill

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.
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Caffe Vittoria

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.
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Boston Athenaeum Skin Book

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.
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Brattle Book Shop

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.
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Forest Hills Cemetery

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
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Warren Anatomical Museum

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.