Places NickJConner Wants to Go

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

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

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

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

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

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

Abandoned 37.5' diameter rusted metal sphere sitting in the woods.