Places mariryan Wants to Go

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

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

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

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

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

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

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.