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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Location of the first public performance and singing of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

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

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

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

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

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

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.

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

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

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

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

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

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

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

The biggest apple in all of New England stands 10 feet tall and weighs over 1,000 pounds.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.