Places jeffro66 Wants to Go

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

In between two buildings in Ljubljana, medieval tunnel to nowhere.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

Strange rumors surround the artist who created these solemn metal guard dogs.

Believed to be the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.