Places sweetm917 Wants to Go

An eight-foot-long pine cone made out of 140 recycled steel shovels is an homage to Maine's state flower.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

Order savory Levantine baked goods with innovative twists at this takeout-only spot.

Historic house still contains bullet holes from an overlooked battle of the American Revolution.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

These beautiful garden buildings are among the oldest surviving greenhouses in the United States.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.