Places thisvanlifeofmine Wants to Go

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

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

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

A complicated, forgotten beacon of hope for thousands of immigrants, "Canada's Emerald Isle" lies in ruin.

Experience the magic (and science) of a camera with this giant structure that allows you to enter inside the camera.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.

A beautiful waterfall and beach where precious stones are plentiful.

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

A nature and outdoor art preserve features the large-scale, abstract works of a renowned Maine folk artist.

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

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

The graphite created here was used in the manufacturing of pencils.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground