Places Deirdreod Wants to Go

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

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

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.