Places beefjorky Wants to Go

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

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

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

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.