Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

An upstate New York garage advertises its services by literally putting the automobile above all else.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.