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

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

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

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

This is the house that spite built.

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

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.