Providence, Rhode Island
Crook Point Bascule Bridge
To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Dunedin, New Zealand
Baldwin Street Houses
One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.
Iceland
Kerið Crater Lake
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Saugerties, New York
Opus 40
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Key West, Florida
Key West High Heel Shoe Drop
Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.
Mason, New Hampshire
The Uncle Sam House
The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.
New Canaan, Connecticut
Glass House
Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.
Cold Spring, New York
Ruins of the Cornish Estate
A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.
Peterborough, New Hampshire
Peterborough Town Library
This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.
Alliance, Nebraska
Carhenge
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Hell, Michigan
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
Tomkins Cove, New York
Doodletown
Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
Bash Bish Falls
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Roslin, Scotland
Rosslyn Chapel
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.
Waterbury, Vermont
Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Oyndarfjørður, Faroe Islands
Rinkusteinar
Two massive boulders, rocking back and forth with the ebbing of the sea.
Reykholt, Iceland
Snorralaug
This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.
Permanently Closed
Iceland
Grjótagjá
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Iceland
Dimmuborgir
These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.
Bordoy, Faroe Islands
Múli
Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.
Kunoy, Faroe Islands
Skarð
The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."
Iceland
Krafla
This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.
Iceland
Námaskarð
A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.
Iceland
Drangey Island
An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.
