From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Every December the Wannalancit Mills lights a Christmas Tree over the old mill's smokestack.

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

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

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

These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.

A man in a plane delivers Christmas packages to lighthouses.

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

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

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

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

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

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.