Places hopemch Wants to Go

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

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

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.