Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

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

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

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

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

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

This is the house that spite built.

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

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

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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

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

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

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

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

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

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.