Places jesscbatten Wants to Go

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.