Places cathybrouillet3 Wants to Go

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.

A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

The best revenge is a five-tiered layer cake of a dwelling.

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

A short walk through the woods will take you to an unusual flat hill top, used by the Shakers for outdoor worship.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

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

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.