Places candmthurman Wants to Go

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

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

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

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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