Places Melpha Wants to Go

Everyone's favorite neighbor is remembered fondly in this small-town church.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

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

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

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

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.