Places caitmckay Wants to Go

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

This historic Victorian mansion is allegedly so haunted that a signed waiver is required to enter.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

A historic bridge no one is allowed to cross.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.

An anonymous art project beneath Longfellow Bridge where hundreds of trophies line the steel support beams.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The ruins of a world-renowned medieval hospital.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

On a desolate hill overlooking McMurdo Station, a statue of the Virgin Mary stands inside a curved iron frame.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

Each spring, residents of this Czech town hoist a 'slain' metal dragon onto the city hall to commemorate a local medieval legend

Critics argue this boab tree has been mislabeled for the sake of dark tourism, undermining its spiritual significance.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.