Places ophie Wants to Go

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

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

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

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

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

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

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

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

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

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

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

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

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

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.