Places bluestargirl Wants to Go

This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

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

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

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

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote 'The Jungle Book' is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

This store also houses a museum dedicated to the history of these small, historic community shops.

The remains of a hospital ravaged by fire, once a progressive place of innovations for disabled children.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.