Places Hetaira Thais Wants to Go

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

Wood carving meets bird conservation at this museum showcasing the life's work of one man.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.

One car at a time please.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.