Places planan Wants to Go

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

A small museum celebrating the work of a Mississippi artist who had a unique connection with the natural world.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.