Places Traveler Obscur Wants to Go

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

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

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

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

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.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.