Places funwithlions Wants to Go

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

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This statue honoring the most decorated dog of World War I stands in a Connecticut park.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.