Places 033rayray Wants to Go

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

An off the grid woodland retreat that harkens back to days long forgotten.

A rock maze opens up to a panoramic viewpoint at an abandoned mine full of ghost stories.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

The site of America's first commercial oil well essentially disappeared after the town went bust.

Where the oil industry began.

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

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.