The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

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

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

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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."

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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.

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

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

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

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

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.