Places Amalia Wompa Wants to Go

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary. And maybe buried treasure!

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

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

The oldest headstone in Connecticut.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.