A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

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

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

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

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

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

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

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.