Places bellaestrada Wants to Go

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

Where you can photograph wild black bears without worrying about becoming dinner.

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

Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.