Places writerchick2 Wants to Go

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

The haunting history of a little girl lost.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

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

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

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

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

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

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

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

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

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

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