Places jillybelle66 Wants to Go

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

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

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.

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

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

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

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

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

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

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.

Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

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

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.