Places JaySky Wants to Go

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

A historic bridge no one is allowed to cross.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

A historic pub with traditional Irish cuisine, fine drinks, and a paranormal past.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.