Places ashleymlawrence Wants to Go

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

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

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

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

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

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

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

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

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

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

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

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.