Places DDMaguigan Wants to Go

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A giant scrap metal troll rests his hands on top of a dilapidated building covered in graffiti.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

Home of the golf club used by Alan Shepard on the moon, and more artifacts from the sport's history.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.