Places ellecagey Wants to Go

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

This tiny cottage surrounded by railroads is the oldest surviving structure in Fairmount Park.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.

This serene wooded hilltop has a dark history as the climactic point of the Swedish witch trials.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

Unfortunately, you can no longer spend a night in this single-person treetop hotel.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.