Places BOEK Wants to Go

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

The rock on which Moll Dyer was found frozen to death is said to still bear her handprint.

First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

Washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the surviving portion of the original two-span bridge now resides at Fishing Creek.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

Before he was "Bob Marley, international reggae superstar," he was "Donald Marley," a Delaware resident and forklift operator working under an assumed name. This park tells the story.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

Fears of Satanic worshippers swirl around five Celtic-inspired megaliths.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”