Places marasta215 Wants to Go

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

A public art project at Bde Maka Ska that educates visitors on Dakota history.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

This remote museum highlights the island’s impressive creative legacy.

The birthplace of this Gilded Age celebrity, opera singer, suffragette, and shipwreck survivor has been turned into a museum celebrating her fascinating life.

A major spiritual gathering place in central Maine since the mid-1800s.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.