Places jesscbatten Wants to Go

Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

A century-old historical movie theatre that plays a mix of independent and mainstream films.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary. And maybe buried treasure!

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.

This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

A museum dedicated to Latvian history in the heart of Maryland.

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.