Lithia Springs, Georgia
The New Manchester Manufacturing Company
The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Lithia Springs, Georgia
The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Summerville, Georgia
Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.
Cave City, Kentucky
A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.
Bardstown, Kentucky
Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.
Louisville, Kentucky
The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.
Burlington, Kentucky
Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.
Red Cliff, Colorado
Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
Baker, Nevada
This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
Grand Lake, Colorado
The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.
Chesterton, Indiana
The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.
Peninsula, Ohio
The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.
Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
Ellicott City, Maryland
An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Wallace, Idaho
A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Key Biscayne, Florida
An underwater city for the dead.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.