Places KJMcLean Wants to Go

"Try not to knock anything over!"

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

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

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

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

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

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

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

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

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

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

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

One of Canada's tiniest museums tackles the world's largest turtle.