Places danielleklebes Wants to Go

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

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

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

A man killed in a hunting accident is eternally guarded by a granite hound tombstone.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

A small obelisk marks the spot where Captain Sam Greele was killed by a falling tree.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

This striking structure is the Socialist-modernist centerpiece of a former Soviet spa resort.

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.

A haunting deserted hotel is a favorite with artists and photographers.

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.