Places sheinsis Wants to Go

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

A small obelisk marks the spot where Captain Sam Greele was killed by a falling tree.

A man killed in a hunting accident is eternally guarded by a granite hound tombstone.

The gravestones in this historic cemetery are carved with mysterious faces.

Sites connected to a woman born on a ship and spared by a pirate.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

Final resting places of a husband and wife who became famous for their claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.

University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.

The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.