Places Kapricious Wants to Go

The largest open-pit gold mine in Canada.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

The oldest covered railroad bridge still standing in the United States.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

Explore the evolution of printing technology, from cuneiform to Kindle.

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.