Places BrandyBacon Wants to Go

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

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

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

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

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

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

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.