Places adamthehistorianghosthunter Wants to Go

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

Bizarre Cavern.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.