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

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

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.

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

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

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

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

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

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

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

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

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

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

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.