Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Everyone's favorite neighbor is remembered fondly in this small-town church.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.