Places alessandralee Wants to Go

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."