Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

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

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

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

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

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

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

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

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

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

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

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

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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

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