Places bluestargirl Wants to Go

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

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

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

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

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.