Places Ciaran Wants to Go

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

A six-person chapel in the middle of Alberta's badlands.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

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

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

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

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

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.