Places cait7911 Wants to Go

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.