Places irenel Wants to Go

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

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.