Places jandrewsbarry Wants to Go

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

The former location of a platform that allowed passengers to safely wait for the trolley.

Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.

Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

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

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

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

This large boulder was used as a lookout point by Revolutionary War militiamen.

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

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

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.