Places BrandyBacon Wants to Go

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

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

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

Everyone's favorite neighbor is remembered fondly in this small-town church.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

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

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.