Places Mascitopher Wants to Go

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

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

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

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.