Places Sarah Finley Wants to Go

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.