Places free2om Wants to Go

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.

This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.

Murder scene memorialized in perpetuity by grisly obelisk.

Believed by many to be the oldest surviving public monument in the United States.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

The remains of a deserted 1800s farming community can be found in Little River State Park.

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

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

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

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Sites connected to a woman born on a ship and spared by a pirate.

One of the earliest—and most commonly forgotten—acts of rebellion against English rule.

A popular 19th-century natural landmark is now hidden within a sprawling forest.