Places sierrawest Wants to Go

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

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

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

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.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

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

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

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

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.