Places RCooper Wants to Go

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

This general store near Boston was once owned by Henry Ford, who had it relocated to a different town using a team of oxen.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

Everyone's favorite neighbor is remembered fondly in this small-town church.

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.