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

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

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

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

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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

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

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

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

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

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