Places NG3894 Wants to Go

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

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

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

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

One car at a time please.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!