Places brianvburke Wants to Go

Wander the sprawling living museum on the site of one of a 16th-century community.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.

Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.

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

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

Constructed in 1676, this stone memorial is believed to be the oldest veteran's memorial in the United States.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

An unexpected canine grave atop a mountain.

The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

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

As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.