Places lydiasee Wants to Go

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

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

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

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

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

"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."

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

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

An original apothecary from 1792.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.