Places gherardini Wants to Go

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

Peek inside this sandy mailbox and you'll spot kids' letters to Santa.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

A natural rock silhouette on Cape Elizabeth's scenic Shore Road, reminiscent of New Hampshire's "Old Man of the Mountain."

The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.

An eight-foot-long pine cone made out of 140 recycled steel shovels is an homage to Maine's state flower.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

This once-forgotten African American cultural hub was an important stop on the Underground Railroad.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

A bronze sculpture in the heart of Portland represents Maine’s most defining industry.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

An unconventional monument to one of America's largest landowners.

Spectacular 300-foot cliffs in a lush mountain canyon.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.