Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Graniteville, Vermont
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Grafton, Vermont
Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.
Shrewsbury, Vermont
A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.
Ludlow, Vermont
A 60-foot-tall tower provides unparalleled views of the southern Green Mountains.
Cornish, New Hampshire
The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Woodstock, Vermont
An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.
Chatham, New York
Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.
Highland, New York
The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.
Millbrook, New York
This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.
Rhinebeck, New York
What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.
Rhinebeck, New York
The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.
Elmira, New York
The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.
Ithaca, New York
A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.
Middlefield, Connecticut
This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Troy, New York
The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.
Granville, New York
Tucked away on the second floor of a small town library is one of the great private Victorian taxidermy collections looking today very much like it did in 1909.
Hartford, Connecticut
An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.
Oaks, Pennsylvania
Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.
Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania
A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.
