Places Ian Hall Wants to Go

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

Once home to a booming 19th-century oil town, the park now houses a World War II submarine memorial complete with a torpedo.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

Originally a cemetery, this city park remains speckled with a handful of scattered gravestones.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

Formerly a munitions depot and World War II POW camp, now a nature reserve.

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.