A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

Commemorating the 1948 creation of the Jimmy Fund, a Boston-based cancer charity.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.