Places Auroratorealis Wants to Go

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The oldest playground in America.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Three buildings constructed of over 25,000 multicolored glass bottles.