This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.

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

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

A freighter full of exotic animals ends a harrowing voyage impaled on uncharted rocks in the Boston Harbor.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

A memorial sculpture to heath hens stands on the spot where the last heath hen, Booming Ben, was last seen.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

Every December the Wannalancit Mills lights a Christmas Tree over the old mill's smokestack.

The site of the tragic isolation of Nipmuc Native Americans left to perish in King Philip's War.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

A short walk through the woods will take you to an unusual flat hill top, used by the Shakers for outdoor worship.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.