Places emazmagic Wants to Go

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

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

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

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

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.