Summary graphic: A plate of steak tips from Casey's in Sommerville, MA

What are Boston steak tips, why are they delicious, and why are they different from the steak tips in the rest of the country? We’re going to attempt to answer these questions with a series of road (and T) trips throughout Greater Boston.

Summary graphic: People stand atop a three-story “mountain” of snow on the MIT campus.

Standing atop the MIT Alps I saw a pale city splayed out in all directions. And yet here, atop the largest deposit of winter’s harvest, I saw no frozen necropolis.