Places Amanda Wants to Go

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

Small shop offering mail-order rare and exotic plants.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

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

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

A Medieval Water Tower in the Heart of Massachusetts.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

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

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

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

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