Places jorrick Wants to Go

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

This is the house that spite built.

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

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.