Places amcagg Wants to Go

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

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