Places lapulyssa Wants to Go

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

This sculpture memorializes the town's connection to the famous horror author Edgar Allan Poe.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

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

This historic Victorian mansion is allegedly so haunted that a signed waiver is required to enter.

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote 'The Jungle Book' is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

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

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

This miniature museum is home to a vast array of insects.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This statue celebrating early Hollywood is largely forgotten, while its twin replica at Walt Disney World has become an icon.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"