Places kitvishnu Wants to Go

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

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

This former abandoned train station converted into a restaurant and small museum is a delight for both casual diners and rail enthusiasts alike.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

Climb down into the largest sinkhole in Qatar.

Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.