Where is Charlestown?

So where's this "Charlestown" place we just moved to?

It's still technically part of Boston, though it is on the opposite bank of the Charles River from the downtown part of Boston (see map); it is bounded on the north by the Mystic River. Charlestown was founded in 1628 as a Puritan colony and is famous from a historical sense in that it was the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill of Revolutionary War fame. The Bunker Hill Monument (below) is a large obelisk-shaped structure which is kind of like a "mini" Washington Monument.

More recently, the building of the cool-looking, cabled Leonard Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge in 2003 (which connects Boston with Charlestown) provides a nice scenic backdrop for Charlestown. The supports on the bridge are supposed to mimic the shape of the Bunker Hill Monument.