Places lysha Wants to Go

This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The oldest playground in America.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

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

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.