Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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.

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

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

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

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...

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

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

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

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

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Narrowest house in Boston.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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