A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

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

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

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

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

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

A student designed this 3D-printed scale replica of the entire university campus.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

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

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

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

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

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

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

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.