Places Melpha Wants to Go

This former abandoned train station converted into a restaurant and small museum is a delight for both casual diners and rail enthusiasts alike.

Tucked away on Somerville Avenue is a curated mycological gallery.

The largest collection of works by a pioneering Black woman sculptor is on display at this Massachusetts art museum.

The birthplace of the man who patented the cotton gin and pioneered interchangeable parts.

According to legend, the Devil left a footprint behind after an epic showdown with a traveling priest.

Dozens of bronze sculptures are woven into the landscape along this trail.

Historic seaside park featuring explorable, abandoned military structures.

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

This cave was once thought to be a hiding place for the devil.

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

This sprawling 18th-century cemetery features unique and beautiful gravestones, including one shaped like a tree.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

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

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

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

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