Places nickblossom Wants to Go

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

A beautiful, water-filled quarry that has become a popular haunt for swimmers and artists.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.