Places basil111 Wants to Go

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

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

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

This small, unassuming, nursery plays hosts to some unique plant life.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.