Places Willymjr Wants to Go

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

This roadside wonder is as mysterious as it is beloved.

This large boulder was used as a lookout point by Revolutionary War militiamen.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

Sand dunes from a glacial lake are preserved in this woodland park.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

A collection of mechanical beasts with some interesting names.

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

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

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.