Places ttrutt Wants to Go

A mummy and sarcophagus are part of the many wonders in this library's collection.

The roofless ruins of a church surrounded by acres of bucolic farmland.

This sculpture was made in 1973 for the city's 300th-anniversary celebrations and was largely considered an eyesore at the time.

Canada’s infamous maximum-security prison, now open for guided tours with former guards.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.

This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.