Places alisonrodriguez Wants to Go

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

This historic psychiatric hospital is haunted by its chilling past.

This rocking chair headstone is allegedly haunted by the spirit of a young girl named Pearl.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.

This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

This plaque honors the unsung Black songstress once known as the “greatest singer of her race.”

One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

A safe space and resource for anything and everything relating to sex and sexuality.

A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

Bizarre and inspired combination store selling only two items: tires and bibles.