Places Kate Rayne Wants to Go

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

The national headquarters of the dowser’s society founded in 1961.

Europe's largest collection of matchbox designs is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

A sign marks the location of an 18th-century sawmill allegedly owned by a wizard who employed Satanic imps.

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.

A Buddhist monastery tucked away in the mountains of Colorado.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.