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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

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

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.