The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

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.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

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

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.

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

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

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

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

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

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.