Places grantavery Wants to Go

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

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

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

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

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.