Places tdcusick Wants to Go

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.

Tucked away in the forest, these giant wooden trolls delight visitors in Charlestown, Rhode Island.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.