Places zjroach22 Wants to Go

After the state would not recreate this beloved rock formation, three New Hampshire brothers took things into their own hands.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

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

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

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

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