Places katec8100 Wants to Go

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

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

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.

Off the Florida coast, a whimsical world of marine sculptures are revitalizing coral reefs.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

This nondescript row house in downtown Washington, D.C., was the home of a very secretive group for well over a century

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.

A poet’s rustic cabin, rescued from demolition and tucked into Rock Creek’s greenery

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.

A terrace reminiscent of Rome's Spanish Steps is tucked away in a little park in Washington, D.C.

A brass and marble scale model of the solar system embedded in the concrete.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.