Places Ciaran Wants to Go

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

Narrowest house in Boston.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

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

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

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.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

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

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.