This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

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

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

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

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

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

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

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

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

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

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

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

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

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

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

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."