This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

The oldest playground in America.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

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

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

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

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

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

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

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

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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