Places hxchick71 Wants to Go

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

Curated collection of classic cars restored to immaculate condition.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.