Places Elizabeth Gartley Wants to Go

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

The monument is inscribed, "To Sagamore John and those Mystic Indians Whose Bones Lie Here”.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

This location holds the truth to what truly happened that faithful night.

A historic bridge no one is allowed to cross.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

Inside the simple black-and-white exterior of Église Sainte-Cécile hides a pastel wonderland.

Designed to honor all those that work as nurses around the globe.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

A monument marks where a convent was burned by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834.

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

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

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

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

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.