Places hapichapi Wants to Go

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

Six peaceful acres in a residential neighborhood dedicated to art and peace.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

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

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.