Places leannatron Wants to Go

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

The world's largest rotating world.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

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

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.