Places BOEK Wants to Go

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

This "castle" is actually a limestone and quartz formation hidden along a trail.

A gift from Scotland to the United States in memory of the 270 lives lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie due to a terrorist bombing.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

Visitors to Salt Springs State Park are encouraged to literally put their two cents in Penny Rock.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

A public art jibe at one of the United States’ oldest and longest-serving senators.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.