Places alessandralee Wants to Go

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Dine on ceviche tacos in the sea at this floating restaurant only accessible by boat.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

The mansion and cenotaph of the New Hampshire Faust.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

This metal shop's yard is filled with cutout art including an Eiffel Tower replica and Noah's Arch.

This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.