Places joparkman Wants to Go

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.

A faithful dog is forever watching over the family children.

In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.