Places Gillian Wants to Go

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.