Places bannedinallston Wants to Go

A smug-looking cat representing an humorous Russian expletive.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

This mill played a key role in the region’s development and it is just one of ten along the east coast of the United States.

Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."

A tiny church remembers the Polish cavalrymen who charged their way into a Napoleonic victory.

One of the most popular attractions in the small resort town of Kabardinka.

This general store near Boston was once owned by Henry Ford, who had it relocated to a different town using a team of oxen.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

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.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.