Places smithsj21 Wants to Go

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

A forest wonderland caused by Burlington, Vermont's aggressive southwestern winds.

This path is named for a mythical half-boar, half-deer creature that once roamed the Green Mountains.

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The world's largest rotating world.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.