Places sweetm917 Wants to Go

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.

One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

The only remaining place where you can play this century-old game for cash.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

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

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

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

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

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

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

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

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

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

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

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.