Places matthewglidden Wants to Go

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

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."

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

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

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

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

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

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

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

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