Places amcook122 Wants to Go

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

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

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

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

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.