You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

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

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

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

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

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

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

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

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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

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