Places dondoughty Wants to Go

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

Site of the first official transatlantic wireless communications.

Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

Restaurant in a 1741 farmhouse that touts the story of its haunting on its menus.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."