Boston isn't known as a center of automotive history, but here's something they should be known for: Boston was home to the first mail truck.

The streets are empty in Boston, which is in the middle of a manhunt. This is what the roads look like in a city on lockdown.

Public transportation ground to a halt in Boston this morning and parts of the city have been effectively shut down as authorities continued a massive manhunt for the man suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon and in the fatal shooting of a police officer last night.

Authorities have said that the bombs used in the Boston Marathon bombing earlier this week were largely homemade and built with conventional pressure cookers. Tonight FBI officials released more surprising details on the bombs: they may have been built using parts from radio-controlled toy cars.

Minutes after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon at 2:50 p.m., reports started rolling in. We began this post soon after, with chronological updates continuing through the evening. Some photos might be graphic.

You know if you park your car wrong in some countries, there might be an ax in your back window. If you park your car in Boston after saving a spot, you might have your tires smashed in. 

A few dozen inches of snow may scare most people into hiding in their homes, but those of us who enjoy opposite lock and empty roads, it's a chance to come out and play in our cars.

Chalk this one up under crazy accidents brought on by stupid ideas. A coach bus full of high school students traveling from Harvard to Pennsylvania Saturday night had its roof torn off as its driver tried to duck a low bridge in Boston, injuring 34 people, some severely.

Law enforcement agencies from across the U.S. have reached out to Jalopnik for help with car identifications since your input was "critical" to solving a hit-and-run earlier this year.

Either the driver of this Boston Public Schools bus is enjoying a fantastically laid-back lunch hour, or some kids in a Boston school district are on the coolest field trip ever.