Places hopemch Wants to Go

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.

This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

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

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.