Places Jordan Duffy Wants to Go

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.

The humble field where the first Major League Baseball game was played.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

A dedication plaque on this Boston tunnel is a microcosm of a massive, controversy-laden construction project.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

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

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

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

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Narrowest house in Boston.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.