Places kerksieck Wants to Go

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.