Places Kelly Catalfamo Wants to Go

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

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

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

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

A collection of obscure and vintage equipment used for television, film, and radio.

In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

A library of poems cascade off the branches of this unsuspecting tree.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A former plant in one of the hubs of U.S. steelmaking has been turned into this museum celebrating the history of American industry.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.