Places surveyjlm Wants to Go

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

The Inuit kayak from Robert Peary's 1896 expedition to Greenland is now on display at a local library.

The official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Dozens of bronze sculptures are woven into the landscape along this trail.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

Off the Florida coast, a whimsical world of marine sculptures are revitalizing coral reefs.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

This family-owned diner has been slinging chili dogs since 1940.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.

This “grave” memorializes the 53 rakugo stories that were once banned by the national censorship.