Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

A drab two-story office space in Delaware is a hidden tax haven for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and over half the Fortune 500 companies.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.