This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

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

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

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

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

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

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 historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.