Places stefanmarquart Wants to Go

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

A beloved horticultural oasis on the grounds of a wealthy family's former estate.

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

The last vessel built by a submarine pioneer stands as a monument to his legacy.

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

The final resting place of the hero of Air Florida Flight 90 known as "the man in the water."

This uniquely shaped tombstone is dedicated to the project construction superintendent for the Empire State Building.

The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.

This local celebrity earned his fame by doing a job no one else dared.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

A collection of obscure and vintage equipment used for television, film, and radio.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

On a side street near the interstate is the building where the famous anarchist once owned an ice cream parlor.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.