Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

Contrary to what its name suggests, you won't find any bunnies here.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.