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

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

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

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

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

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

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

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

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

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

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

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

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