The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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

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

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

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

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

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

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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

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

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

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

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

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

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

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.