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

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

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

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

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

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

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

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

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

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

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

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

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

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

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."