Places jameth15 Wants to Go

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

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

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

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

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.