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

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

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

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

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

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

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

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

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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

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

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The Father of the Erie Canal has a magnificent grave marker that redefines the term "final resting place."

This recipe is set in stone.

The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

The oldest private residence in New York City.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.