Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

A unique home built by Andrew Jackson Caldwell that also served as a military hospital.

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

In the back of a bustling factory lurks a quiet museum honoring the history of Canadian sugar manufacturing.

Just in case you need some cold cash at the top of the world.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

This industrial museum is based on one of the oldest standing iron forges in the U.K.

The first English fort built in India.

The ruins of an ancient Celtiberian town with incredible rock-cut buildings and a Roman aqueduct.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This abandoned beacon is moving closer and closer to the sea.

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

Surreal works of unreal stone and metal dot the landscape of this Latvian art park.

The only things left in this abandoned Latvian graveyard are a mysterious stone and a ghost story.