Places Amalia Wompa Wants to Go

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

The owner of one of the oldest homes in Amherst had a unique request before the home could be turned into a museum.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.