Places HoboPal Wants to Go

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

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

A memorial to Chinese freedom in the city where American freedom was born.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

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

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

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

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