Places dawnjbrenner Wants to Go

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

One car at a time please.

The remains of a deserted 1800s farming community can be found in Little River State Park.

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.

Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

Lady LeWinDa Milkzalot showcases Lewis County's dairy farming heritage and boasts an impressive rotation of seasonal outfits.

Celebrating the greatest pugilists the world has ever known.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.

The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.

This grave marks the final resting place of pioneer John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

Known as "The Dome" this is the world's largest open air geodesic dome.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.