The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

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

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

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

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

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

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

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.

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

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

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

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

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.