Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

Tribute to the famous Notre Dame football coach who died in a plane crash.

A college in rural Kansas founded to prepare the country for an impending World War III.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

An overgrown and largely forgotten cemetery lies hidden within the outskirts of Amsterdam.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

This quaint museum taps into the sweet history of the maple syrup industry.

A flying saucer has landed for good in the middle of a tiny Canadian town.

It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.