Places asdonkar Wants to Go

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

While filling up your gas tank in eastern Kentucky, you just might stumble into this collection of country music memorabilia.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.