This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

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

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

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

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

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

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

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

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

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

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

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

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.