Places mayormammoth Wants to Go

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

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

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."