Places mattd0401 Wants to Go

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

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

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

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

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

A forest wonderland caused by Burlington, Vermont's aggressive southwestern winds.

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

Taxonomy experiment known for quirky collections.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.

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

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

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.

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.