Places jeffro66 Wants to Go

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

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

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

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

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.