Places A.M. Brune Wants to Go

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

Built by a North Korean team this monument to African dictator Laurent Kabila has a suspiciously Kim Jong Il shaped body.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

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

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.