Places afink Wants to Go

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

This backwater graveyard in the Hamptons became a trendy burial spot and posthumous status symbol for famous artists.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

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.