Places melaug24 Wants to Go

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

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

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

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

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

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

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

This three-chambered cave is the only protected natural bat hibernaculum in Quebec.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Though it may look like a businessman's lost luggage, this case suspended under a highway bridge is actually a contemporary art installation.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.