Places Charles WV Wants to Go

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

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

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

This mill played a key role in the region’s development and it is just one of ten along the east coast of the United States.

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

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

The remains of a hospital ravaged by fire, once a progressive place of innovations for disabled children.

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.

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.