Places brityank1971 Wants to Go

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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

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

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

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

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.