Uncovering Boston's best sightseeing, landmarks, and historic sites you never knew existed | My Secret Boston

Cool things to see, if you really look

Al Capone's bar, the Stockyard restaurant

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Gangster Paradise

Grab a drink at Al Capone's bar.

Institute of Contemporary Art

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Water Colors

The best views in this museum aren’t just of the art.

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Free Association

The home of a cofounder of the NAACP

Boston Marathon museum

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Run's House

An unknown museum devoted to the Boston Marathon

Birthplace of Edgar Allen Poe

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The Tell-Tale Plaque

The real birthplace of an author you thought was from somewhere else

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Cheat Suite

A little piece of baseball scandal right in Kenmore Square

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Grave Reality

A cemetery for people once not allowed to be buried here

Cambridge Common

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Rebel Base

The forgotten first command center of the Revolution

USS Cassin Young

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Naval Gazing

A World War II destroyer you can go aboard

Alexander Graham Bell

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Phone Home

The little-known site of one of the world’s most important inventions

Battle of Lexington,

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Friendly Fire

Witness the battle that started a country.

Boston Athanaeum

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Library Privileges

Getting inside America’s largest private library—and one of its greatest art collections

Freedom Trail

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Abolition Hill

Boston's other freedom trail

Congregational Library, Boston

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Pilgrims' Progress

A Common-side museum to the New England Puritans

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High Definition

A lofty, peaceful place to see the city