Places marinandthemoon Wants to Go

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

The grounds of this Catholic boarding school are said to have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle and J.R.R. Tolkien.

A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

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

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

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

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

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

A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.

The New England cabin where an infamous British occultist conducted experiments in "magick".

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

Sites connected to a woman born on a ship and spared by a pirate.

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.