Places liv0419 Wants to Go

Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.

This Victorian home turned opera house may have a phantom of its own.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

Palestinian-style savory breads and fine patisserie are served with a generous side of hospitality.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

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

Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.