Cambridge, Massachusetts
O'Reilly Spite House
This is the house that spite built.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This is the house that spite built.
Newport, Rhode Island
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Istanbul, Turkey
An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.
Boston, Massachusetts
The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.
Hudson, New Hampshire
A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.
Warwick, Rhode Island
Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.
Providence, Rhode Island
To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.
Newport, Rhode Island
A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.
Providence, Rhode Island
A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.
Providence, Rhode Island
A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."
Dedham, Massachusetts
This building is more than 250 years old and was built in one of the first towns settled in Massachusetts.
Walpole, Massachusetts
This clock tower is all that remains of Bird Hall, constructed by one of the founding families of this Massachusetts town.
Westminster, Massachusetts
One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.
Ashland, Massachusetts
This cave was once thought to be a hiding place for the devil.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.
Hingham, Massachusetts
Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.
Newton, Massachusetts
These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.
Boston, Massachusetts
The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.
Lowell, Massachusetts
Every December the Wannalancit Mills lights a Christmas Tree over the old mill's smokestack.
Springfield, Massachusetts
The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.
Chilmark, Massachusetts
A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.
Marlboro, Massachusetts
America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.