40 South Street
For those about to frock | 10
The Abiel Smith School
Curriculum and community care? | 12
Aerosmith Apartment
Definitely not where Love in an Elevator happened | 14
American Flatbread
Pies and pins | 16
The Ancient Crypt
Mo' bodies, mo' problems | 18
Arax Market
All the ingredients for a festive feast | 20
Artisans Asylum
Meet your (inner) maker | 22
Backbar
Clandestine cocktails in a tiny speakeasy | 24
Berlin Wall Chunk
A chip off the old bloc | 26
Blackfriars Massacre Site
The hits just kept on coming | 28
Bos. Shop South End
Beyond boutique | 30
Boston Barber & Tattoo Co.
Where buzz cuts meet body art | 32
Boston Cyberarts Gallery
Catch a glimpse of the future before your train | 34
Bully Boy Distillers
Whiskey business | 36
Cambridge School of Culinary Arts
Up your romantic dinner (or breakfast) game | 38
Capoeira Angola
Where dancing = dueling | 40
Casa Portugal
A taste of the Iberian Peninsula | 42
Charles River Museum
Find out why you're totally screwed | 44
Chez-Vous
The skating is the hardest part | 46
Christian Herter Park
A hidden world in plain sight | 48
Church of the Covenant
Glitz, glam, and God | 50
Cloth Collaborative
The warp and weft of care | 52
Club Passim
For folk's sake | 54
Cochituate Standpipe
Far up, far out | 56
Cocoanut Grove Tragedy
Where the hottest spot in town burned down | 58
Coit Observatory
Somewhere, out there, beyond the pale moonlight | 60
Colonnade Rooftop Pool
Sun and splash in the sky | 62
Comfort Kitchen
Diasporic home cooking | 64
The Coolidge After Dark
Get reel weird | 66
Curio Spice Co.
A little goes a long way | 68
Cutler Majestic Theatre
Gilded playhouse with a long and spirited history | 70
Dani's Queer Bar
A rare sapphic refuge | 72
Death of Quentin Compson
A tale of three plaques | 74
The Dutch House
A former hub of hot chocolate | 76
EBO & Co. Grocery
Oyster wishes and caviar dreams | 78
E. E. Cummings' Grave
The last stanza | 80
Echo Bridge
Hear, hear | 82
Esh Circus Arts
Join the circus for a few hours or forever | 84
Ether Monument
An homage to the comfortably numb | 86
Fake Viking Memorials
Remembering what never was | 88
Fat Baby
And the cutest crapper award goes to... | 90
Fenway Park Living Museum
Behind the batting cages | 92
The First Casualty
The Revolutionary War takes its first life | 94
First Same-Sex Wedding
I do, you do, they do, we all do - since 2004! | 96
Formaggio Kitchen
Spelunking for Stilton | 98
Franklin Park Bear Pens
A grisly grizzly relic | 100
Friend Smithsonian Museum
A wee bit of art | 102
Garden of Peace
A living tribute to Boston murder victims | 104
The Garment District
Not your grandma's store - but maybe her jeans! | 106
Giant Baby Heads
No cheek-pinching allowed | 108
Giant Hockey Stick
What the puck?? | 110
Graffiti Alley
Spray it, don't say it | 112
Great Brink's Robbery Site
They worked hard for the money | 114
The Great Molasses Flood
A reminder of a tragic and sticky situation | 116
Harbor Island Secrets
Live out a ferry tale | 118
Harvard Lampoon Building
They've got jokes | 120
Havana Club
It takes two to salsa | 122
Hibernian Hall
A storied building | 124
The Hood Milk Bottle
You're going to need a bigger glass | 126
Houdini Plaque
Where Harry Houdini escaped Boston's dirty water | 128
Indoor Lightning Storms
It's electrifying at the MOS | 130
The Italian Donkey
A strange souvenir | 132
Jackson's Sawed-Off Head
A presidential pardon? | 134
Jamaica Pond Taco Bench
Sometimes it's just easier to stand | 136
JFK's Birthplace
Pop by where JFK popped out | 138
King Philip's War
You'd never know it happened here | 140
L Street Tavern
I guess I'll have two more of these | 142
Langone Park Bocce Courts
Eight can play this game | 144
Larz Anderson Auto Museum
Get your motor running | 146
Liberty Hotel
A jail gone upscale | 148
The Lilypad
Arts and drafts | 150
The Living Room Project
Art patrons aren't the only kinds of collectors | 152
Lynch Family Skatepark
Half pipes, full hearts, can't lose | 154
The Magic Nail
If they don't win, blame the nail | 156
The Mapparium
Journey to the center of the Earth | 158
Marathon Bombing Memorial
Always in our hearts | 160
Martin's Park
A playground with a purpose | 162
The MCZ
You'll bug out over their beetles | 164
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
Tabernacle of steam | 166
The Museum of Modern Renaissance
Magical mandalas in the middle of Somerville | 168
NETA
Greenbacks to green buds | 170
November Project
Cheapest gym membership ever | 172
Nuggets
Digging for gold and platinum | 174
Omni Parker House
John, Jackie, and Ho Chi Minh walk into a hotel | 176
Overlook Shelter Ruins
Puddin' on the ritz | 178
Pao Arts Center
Cherishing Chinatown | 180
The Paramount
Sit down for a killer brunch | 182
The People's Karaoke
Sing it to me one more time | 184
Polly Thayer Self-Portrait
A painter in her own strokes | 186
Porchfest
All the burb's a stage | 188
Puppet Free Library
Come in and play | 190
Rebel Rebel
Where every night is ladies' night | 192
Reflex Letterpress
I like the way you ink | 194
Revere's Piping Plovers
Winged friends at America's oldest public beach | 196
Rita Hester Mural
A worldwide wakeup call | 198
Roxy's Arcade
Kiddin' around | 200
Sacred Cod
Thank cod for small favors | 202
Salmagundi
A haven for hats | 204
The Sargent Gallery
It took nearly 30 years and still isn't done | 206
Singing Beach
The sand is alive with the sound of music | 208
The Skinny House
Home, petite home | 210
SoWa Vintage Market
Bizarre bazaar Every Sunday, rain or shine, | 212
Swapfest: The Flea at MIT
Wondercabinet of obscure technology | 214
Taza Chocolate Factory
You don't even need a golden ticket | 216
Tremont Temple
Ghosts of Dickens past | 218
Upper Allston
It's ALL in Allston! | 220
Victory Gardens
Blooming continuously since 1942 | 222
Vilna Shul
Jews that go way back | 224
Wally's Jazz Club
Let's talk about sax, baby | 226
Washington Tower
From six feet under to 125 feet above | 228
ZUMIX
Not your average after-school program | 230