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

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

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

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

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

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

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

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

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.

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!