Places Awaters83 Wants to Go

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

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

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

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

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

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

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

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 oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

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

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

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

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

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

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

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

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