Places brianvburke Wants to Go

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

A mountain pass used by Prohibition-era bootleggers to facilitate traffic into and out of Canada from Vermont.

This mosaic commemorates the oldest subway tunnel and station in the United States.

According to legend, the Devil left a footprint behind after an epic showdown with a traveling priest.

Three wooden middle fingers raised in protest.

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

An inn older than the Witch Trials.

Hilltop modernist/folk art shrine and gardens dedicated to a Native American saint.

A bronze statue to commemorate the former president's visit to a local Polish-American festival.

A burial ground restored by a determined Boy Scout, where fragments of America’s early history rest beneath weathered stones.

The last surviving 19th-century blast furnace in Connecticut.

The life’s work of a sculptor preserved in the Maine woods.

This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.

One of the rare, saucer-shaped prefabricated homes designed by the Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in the 1960s.

This is the second-oldest rail tunnel in the United States that is still in use today.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Delve into the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, harbor town history, and a quiet seaside garden at this charming library.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.