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

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

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

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

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

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

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

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.