A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

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

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

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

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

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

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

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

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

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

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

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

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

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

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

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

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

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.