Places ellecagey Wants to Go

An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.

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

A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

A 60-foot-tall tower provides unparalleled views of the southern Green Mountains.

Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.

An unexpected canine grave atop a mountain.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

This magnificent work of art captures the spirit of the region.

The largest museum dedicated to Italian Americans on the East Coast is located in a 100-year-old church.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

Believed to be the country's tallest waterfall, the Njupeskär is actually much smaller.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.