Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

A remote landmark named for a whimsical photograph taken by a 1850s photographer and his crew of graffiti artists.

A crescent of 12 simple statues poised on a small windswept island off the coast of Newfoundland.

An old drug store full of mortars and pestles, pill-making machines, and medicines reputed to cure most any illness.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

A statue of the early navigator stands overlooking the land he first surveyed.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

New Brunswick's tallest mountain is the highest point in all the Maritimes.

A rare opportunity to drive across the ocean floor.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

Secret Swing.

A fake block of cheese remembers a feat of dairy engineering from the Chicago World's Fair.