Places RobinTravels Wants to Go

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

The world's most comprehensive collection of Willard timepieces is a celebration of early American clockmaking.

A damaged tree turned into a whimsical giant pencil that is sharpened each year.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.

A seemingly out-of-place comic book surprise sits on the 21st floor of the tallest university library in the world. 

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

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

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

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

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

This historic psychiatric hospital is haunted by its chilling past.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.