Places GerhardM Wants to Go

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

A freighter full of exotic animals ends a harrowing voyage impaled on uncharted rocks in the Boston Harbor.

This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.