Places ellie444 Wants to Go

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

This popular fishing spot at the outflow of a 4.5-mile long hydroelectric tunnel sports a jetty literally made out of classic cars.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

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

This museum and curiosity shop provides a glimpse into an often-overlooked past to show guests that there is beauty and wonder in the macabre.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.