Places Beth Ogando Wants to Go

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Eight whimsical acres of metal art.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The remains of the furnace and iron works that produced the massive Hudson River Chain still stand in the woods of New York.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.