Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This historic folk museum celebrates the attention to detail that makes America great.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

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

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

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

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

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

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

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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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