One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

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

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

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

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

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

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

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

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

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.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

Narrowest house in Boston.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

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

"Try not to knock anything over!"

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

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