Places izzyturtle Wants to Go

The world's largest rotating world.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.