Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

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

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

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

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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