Johnson City, New York
Carousel Capital of the World
The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Johnson City, New York
The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.
Binghamton, New York
A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.
Hòa Thắng, Vietnam
A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.
Rustrel, France
One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
Hondo, Texas
On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.
Herriman, Utah
A replica that won't float away.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Nueva Gerona, Cuba
A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.
San Luis Obispo, California
A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.
Antarctica
This abandoned Antarctic research station is a Soviet ghost frozen in time.
Savannah, Georgia
The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.
Savannah, Georgia
Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.
Savannah, Georgia
A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.
Bruce Crossing, Michigan
A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.
Hayward, Wisconsin
Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.
Ishpeming, Michigan
A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.
Iron River, Michigan
Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.
L'Anse, Michigan
This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.