Places Renée Wants to Go

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

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

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

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

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.