This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

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

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

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.

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

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

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.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

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

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

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

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

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

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

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.

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.

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

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

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