Places Andrew Liptak Wants to Go

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

A small obelisk commemorates the launch site of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Vermont is the final resting place of soldiers, politicians, and a famous author.

Inside this old mill is a collection of images that will always remain frozen in time.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

This historic folk museum celebrates the attention to detail that makes America great.

Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.