Places sweetm917 Wants to Go

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

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

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

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

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.