Massachusetts State House

This guide to the Massachusetts State House in Boston opens on the evening of April 26, 1933, when three young men strolled into the House of Representatives chamber carrying a florist's box and walked out with the carved wooden codfish that had hung there since 1784. You'll hear about the citywide hunt that followed, the legislators who refused to conduct business without it, and the anonymous tip that finally led police to a parkway in West Roxbury. Look up at the gallery to see where the cod hangs today, six inches higher than before.