Places katuncanny Wants to Go

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Set sail on a small scale.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

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

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.