Places Melissa Maimone Wants to Go

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

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

This is the house that spite built.

This historic house was the birthplace and childhood home of the 35th president of the United States.

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

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The bench featured in the film with Robin Williams and Matt Damon has become a popular destination for moviegoers.

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.