Places Amanda Wants to Go

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

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

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

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

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

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

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."