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."

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

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

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

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

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

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

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

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

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

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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