Places BethWH Wants to Go

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

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

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

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

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

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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.