Concord, Massachusetts
Author's Ridge
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Homestead, Florida
When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.
Denver, Colorado
Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.
Johannesburg, California
The liveliest ghost town in the state.
Columbus Junction, Iowa
A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.
Drummond, Montana
This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.
Rockville, Utah
Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.
Versailles, Kentucky
This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.
Port Orford, Oregon
A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.
Tallahassee, Florida
This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.
Salem, Massachusetts
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
Bronx, New York
The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.
San Francisco, California
The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.
Sandia Park, New Mexico
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
New York, New York
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
Miami, Florida
This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.
Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
Houston, Texas
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
Benson, Arizona
What is the Thing?
Carnation, Washington
This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.
Loveland, Ohio
A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Laguna Beach, California
This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.