Places Captcurrent Wants to Go

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

This extraordinary model train layout covers over 1,700 square feet, with multiple trains running simultaneously.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

Delaware's first railroad lasted only five years and spanned only 16 miles, but its ticket office has survived for two centuries.

A memorial to an ill-fated Holy Land mission once described by Mark Twain as “a complete fiasco.”

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.