Places shell42 Wants to Go

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

Eight whimsical acres of metal art.

A lonely house representing railroad history tells the stories of those who rode the rails.

The U.S.' first commercial park dedicated entirely to flying drones.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.