Places nancybdeol Wants to Go

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

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

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

This is the house that spite built.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

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

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

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.