Places hollylyny Wants to Go

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

A journey along this trail means indulging in a slice of nostalgia.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.