Places jameth15 Wants to Go

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

This is the house that spite built.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

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.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

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

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

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

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

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.