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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

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

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

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

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

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

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

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

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

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

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

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

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

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.