Places yweiss1 Wants to Go

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

This wooden home was built in West Virginia by a Scottish immigrant before being moved to an Israeli winery.

Israel's first dedicated natural history museum is home to 5 million specimens and still growing.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

A Biblically notable site over the ruins of an ancient city that is now a protected World Heritage site.

A magical oasis in the middle of the Negev Desert.

Submerged ruins of a Neolithic coastal settlement, where houses, wells, graves and skeletons have been unearthed.

Dozens of playful sculptures blanket these 200 rolling acres of farmland in an ode to art and landscape.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.