Architectural Oddities in Boston

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

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

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

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

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

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