Places LeslieDriskill Wants to Go

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

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

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

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

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

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

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.