Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

A tiny town in an empty lot was the work of a local eight-year-old.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

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

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

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

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

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

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.