Places Maggie Mason Wants to Go

Not one, but two of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpieces nestled on the same street.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

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

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Vermont is the final resting place of soldiers, politicians, and a famous author.

Restoring faith in humanity one pie at a time by selling stellar baked goods on an honor system.

Wood carving meets bird conservation at this museum showcasing the life's work of one man.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

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

One car at a time please.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.

New York's oldest magic store.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.