The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

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

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

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

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

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

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

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

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

This is the house that spite built.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

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

"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."

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

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