Places Snakeintheeye Wants to Go

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

Now a pedestrian bridge, this was once part of a narrow-gauge railroad that ran along the east coast of Kauai.

A local pineapple cannery once dumped pineapple trimmings off of this pier, with sometimes smelly results.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.

A monument to a Polish general who fought the American Revolution and became the "Father of the American Cavalry."

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.

A whimsical museum dedicated to the mischievous kappa, a mythical cucumber-loving water sprite.

This hidden bridge is where local children leave gifts and messages for the island's fay folk.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.