Places cruiserbob Wants to Go

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Need a hardcopy of the 50-title Code of Federal Regulations? This is the place.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.

The only international border marker within the United States.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.