Places Sandi Hemmerlein Wants to Go

This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.

The once-booming fox ranching industry has left its mark on Prince Edward Island.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.