"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

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

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

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

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

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

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

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.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.