"Try not to knock anything over!"

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

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

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

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

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

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

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

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

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

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

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

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

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