Places lilpuddanesca Wants to Go

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

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

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Tracing a path of more than four miles around a frozen lake, this is the longest skate trail in the United States.

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

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

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

This curious and colorful space invites visitors to delve into the hidden and often mind-boggling world of caterpillars.

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.

The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.