Places clpartin Wants to Go

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

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

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

This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

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

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

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

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

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

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

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

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

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.