If you still haven’t quite wrapped your mind around the fact that there are now printers that can print in 3D, head down to the new MakerBot store on Newbury Street to see some in action.

Shake Shack aficionados are a zealous lot, the kind to line up in a snowstorm just for a burger from the NYC-based chain—which is exactly what they did when the new Cambridge location opened earlier this month.

January is National Soup Month, and to honor the occasion, we’ve rounded up some of Boston’s most coveted soups to keep you warm and satisfied through the remaining winter months.

You may know Jim Gaffigan for his “Hot Pockets” routine, bit parts on TV shows such as “Portlandia” and “Flight of the Conchords,” or Dad Is Fat, his book about raising five kids...

The Boston Common Frog Pond is a fun destination for visitors year-round, whether they’re splashing in the shallow water during the summer or twirling on the ice in the winter. However, not many people are aware of the fact that they’re frolicking on the site of a prehistoric gathering place.

The U.S. Figure Skating Championships returns to the city for the first time since 2001, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Hosted by The Skating Club of Boston, the Championships are the final qualifying competition before the selection of the 2014 U.S. Olympic figure skating team.

Billed as a “workingman’s oyster bar,” Row 34 is the newest addition to the trendy Fort Point neighborhood’s ever-growing culinary scene. The sister restaurant to Kenmore Square’s popular Island Creek Oyster Bar is housed in a historic Congress Street building that, ironically enough, was built on oyster shells at the turn of the 20th century.

The winter months are an ideal time to explore Boston's galleries. Here are five exhibits worth checking out this month.