This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

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

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

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

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.