Places rachelannpr Wants to Go

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

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

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

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

A mother’s sweet tradition lives on with this unique memorial.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

A Google software engineer's Easter egg led to what may be the world's most unusual saved screenshot.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.