Places JaySky Wants to Go

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.