Places hmbaillie Wants to Go

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

This is the house that spite built.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

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

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.