Places KJMcLean Wants to Go

A small obelisk commemorates the launch site of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

A unique collection of more than 250 rocks and minerals located on a university campus.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

The site of the Andover Witch Hunts, which ended with more witch accusations and arrests than Salem.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

These beautiful garden buildings are among the oldest surviving greenhouses in the United States.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

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

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.