Places theolinger Wants to Go

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.

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

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

This mill played a key role in the region’s development and it is just one of ten along the east coast of the United States.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

The oldest playground in America.

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

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.