The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

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

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

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

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

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.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

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

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

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

"Try not to knock anything over!"

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

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

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

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