Places Amalia Wompa Wants to Go

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.