Columbus, Ohio
Gates of Hell
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
McArthur, Ohio
The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Joliet, Illinois
A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.
Homewood, Illinois
The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Washington, West Virginia
One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.
Alderson, West Virginia
This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Baltimore, Maryland
Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.
Boyds, Maryland
This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.
Athens, Ohio
An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.
Niagara Falls, New York
Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.
Buffalo, New York
A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.
Dansville, New York
Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.
Campbell, Ohio
There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.