In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

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

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

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

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

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

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

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.