Places achughesco Wants to Go

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

A forest wonderland caused by Burlington, Vermont's aggressive southwestern winds.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

These structures serve as a memorial to one of Boston’s most ambitious and controversial urban redevelopment projects.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

These unique rock formations were created during the Ice Age.

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.