Places chrissyml Wants to Go

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.