Places dondoughty Wants to Go

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

The only land territory disputed between the U.S. and Canada.

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

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.

The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

A neutrino detector built into the largest man-made underground cavity in the world.