Places chrissyml Wants to Go

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

A Medieval Water Tower in the Heart of Massachusetts.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

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

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

The oldest playground in America.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.