Places laratrace Wants to Go

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

Site of an escape, ten murders, and some scalpings.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

Small shop offering mail-order rare and exotic plants.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

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

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