Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

An upstate New York garage advertises its services by literally putting the automobile above all else.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.