Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

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

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

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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