Places arianalbear Wants to Go

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

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

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

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

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

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.