Places Atomic Redhead Wants to Go

A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.