Places marygerush Wants to Go

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Narrowest house in Boston.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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

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

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

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.